Wired is carrying a report on the increasing viability of renewable sources of energy such as wave-power.
Among the most ambitious, planned for this fall, is a 486-ton wave turbine that converts wave motion into electricity and will be anchored off the coast of Australia, 150 miles south of Sydney. Energetech, the Australian company that developed the turbine, said it will be the "first plant in the world to make wave energy commercially viable." A similar turbine is to be installed off Point Judith, Rhode Island, in 2006.
In September, New York City will receive some of its electricity from six underwater turbines attached to concrete piles in the East River that will be powered by the tides. Although only generating enough power for about 200 homes, this will be the first tidal-turbine power plant in the world. Virginia-based Verdant Power, the company overseeing the project, said if all goes well 200 to 300 turbines will be installed.
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