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    thsi is beyond green and whatever treehugging thing one could conjure. Must be genius.

    first in the nation:

    EASTPORT, Maine — Will the Eastport-Lubec region of northeastern Washington County one day be to tidal energy what Kitty Hawk, N.C., is to flight? With



    EASTPORT, Maine — With the pending deployment in Cobscook Bay of the nation’s first underwater turbine to use tidal power to generate electricity, hundreds gathered Tuesday to celebrate a region now viewed as the Kitty Hawk of tidal energy.
    For eight years, the Ocean Renewable Power Co. has been conceptualizing, fabricating, testing and refining what has evolved into a 90,000-pound, 98-foot turbine that will be submerged in August at a depth of 82 feet for a year of testing.
    Should those tests prove successful, four identical turbines will be phased into use over the next few years. Collectively, they are expected to use the force of the Bay of Fundy region’s iconic tides to generate as much as 4 megawatts of power, enough electricity to power 1,000 homes.
    During Tuesday’s 90-minute dedication ceremony, federal, state and local officials who have been vocal proponents of the project sang its praises and thanked Ocean Renewable for not only its technological vision, but the significant economic impact the project has had on the Eastport and Lubec communities. By one estimate, the project has pumped at least $15 million into the economy in recent years, with much of those funds spent locally.
    Although the ceremony was periodically interrupted by showers, and at one point thunder, the project’s boosters, including former Maine Govs. Angus King and John Baldacci, endured the elements to mark the occasion.
    Last edited by Barry Donovan; July 24, 2012, 12:02 PM.
    Previously boxer3main
    the death rate and fairy tales cannot kill the nature left behind.

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    1000 homes....15 million dollars....that's $15,000 spent per home. About half as much as it costs to get a solar power thingy stuck on your house.
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    • #3
      It'll probably kill two many fish of some obscure species and they'll have to pull it out.
      Previously HoosierL98GTA

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      • #4
        Originally posted by HoosierL98GTA View Post
        It'll probably kill two many fish of some obscure species and they'll have to pull it out.
        Like the dams on the rivers up here.. Blowing the dams cuz fsh can't swim past..
        It's a good idea, if it works.. Somebody is gonna say "ugly!" then the govmnt will spend bucks to remove
        Last edited by Deaf Bob; July 24, 2012, 01:14 PM.

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        • #5
          Why can't we put 300,000,000 electric eels in a big tank and stick a couple wires down into THAT and prod them?

          Wait....never mind. PETA would rappel up the side of the building and hang their flags over the windows. Fail. That wouldn't work.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by squirrel View Post
            1000 homes....15 million dollars....that's $15,000 spent per home. About half as much as it costs to get a solar power thingy stuck on your house.
            its like a highway or gas line.

            ends up priceless.

            the cold war gas lines here are used for something even today. maybe fiber optics. the cost was huge then, what now?

            how many cars is a 50 year highway that was never closed? cost? who gives a nickel.

            I like that they can do something. the bay of fundy is probably bigger than a river...you know, that thing called an ocean.
            Previously boxer3main
            the death rate and fairy tales cannot kill the nature left behind.

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