Water Energy can be derived through harnessing and employing Tides, Waves, Currents, Thermal Gradient, and Salinity. As the potential for using Marine Renewable Energy abounds throughout the world, BC Sustainable Solutions has gathered some interesting links and resources to assist in better understanding the various applications and results. Also find listed below, projects, companies, and organizations making breakthroughs in logistics and technology, and helping countries throughout the world harness the energy water can generate.
EPA: Three Different types of water power explained
Fundy Force: Tidal Energy at Fundy Force
Sustainable Marine ~ Coastal and Nearshore Renewable Energy Solutions ~ Among other projects this Scottish company has installed the first floating tidal power off Nova Scotia. Watch their video: ‘The Power of the Tides’
HIE ~ Read about the Wave Energy Technology taking place in Scotland.
Pelamis Wave Energy Converter on-site at the European Marine Energy Test Centre
Turbine that harnesses the ocean’s limitless energy
CNBC: World’s most powerful tidal turbine gears up for operation
Mashable’s Video: Sea Wave Energy Limited has developed the ‘Waveline Magnet’, a low-cost, eco-friendly energy source that uses a spine-shaped floating device to convert wave power into electricity.
Live Science – Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion – “… (uses) the temperature differences between surface water heated by the sun and water in the ocean’s chilly depths to generate electricity.”
Tidal Energy: Advantages and Disadvantages
Watch Tidal Power 101 by Student Energy:
SmithsonianMag offers 7 Unexpected Ways We Can Get Energy From Water
Inceptive Mind: Flexible, seaweed-like generator for harvesting wave energy
Visit Marine Renewable Energy Canada for details, resources, and a list of those working in the field of Ocean Energy.
Testing and Research
Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE)
Canadian Hydrokinetic Turbine Testing Centre
University of Victoria Research Project – Harnessing the Waves
UVIC Research Project – Wave Energy Converter
Government
Government of British Columbia – Ministry of Energy, Mines & Natural Gas
Research Organizations & Networks
Institute for Ocean Research Enterprise
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Offshore Energy Research Association
University of British Columbia
International Resources for Water Energy:
Hydroelectricity Plants in Canada include Innergex
Organizations & Associations (MRE, other renewables, ocean technology, etc.)
Association of British Columbia Marine Industries
BC Sustainable Energy Association
Canadian Council on Renewable Electricity (CanCORE)
Canadian Social Networking for Clean Energy
Clean Energy BC https://www.cleanenergybc.org/about/clean-energy-sectors/wave