Other marine energy and hydropower Features for June 2008

Other marine energy and hydropower Features Archive

Ocean energy: technology basics Ocean energy: technology basics

Among the family of renewable energy technologies, ocean energy is the least developed, with just a few MW in operation worldwide. Nevertheless, companies predominantly in Europe, the USA, Canada, are developing a dizzying array of technologies to try and exploit the vast kinetic and potential energy of the world's oceans. Government support is strongest in Europe, but a number of projects are at various stages of development in the US and Canada.