Comments on: Mother Ocean to juice our Xboxes, TVs, etc. http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/19/mother-ocean-to-juice-our-xboxes-tvs-etc/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:26:55 -0500 hourly 1 By: Peter Ha http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/19/mother-ocean-to-juice-our-xboxes-tvs-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-544016 Peter Ha Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:44:24 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/19/mother-ocean-to-juice-our-xboxes-tvs-etc/#comment-544016 Good for you guys. This was directed towards our US readers, but good to know. Good for you guys. This was directed towards our US readers, but good to know.

]]> By: Rob http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/19/mother-ocean-to-juice-our-xboxes-tvs-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-543967 Rob Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:27:14 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/19/mother-ocean-to-juice-our-xboxes-tvs-etc/#comment-543967 You mean Xboxen Rob. You mean Xboxen

Rob.

]]> By: João Mota http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/19/mother-ocean-to-juice-our-xboxes-tvs-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-543930 João Mota Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:26:12 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/19/mother-ocean-to-juice-our-xboxes-tvs-etc/#comment-543930 "Anyway, things are looking up for renewables, but we’re a long ways away from seeing anything actually happen on this front." ...in the US my friend. Portugal has just commissioned the world's first wave energy farm, based on the Pelamis technology, with a nominal capacity of 2.25MW on a 1st stage, with an a total of 20MW in the pipeline in case productivity results are up to the estimates. And I must say the aquabuoy sounds much more effective than the Pelamis, but since financial due dilligence gave the green light on the latter based on the many pilot projects it went through, that's what's floating right now... There also at least three wave energy development centers in the EU that I'm aware of, and it's just a matter of getting the tech stabilized - ie cheaper - before it becomes a real alternative, much like what happened with wind energy. U just gotta get the lobbying right ;) Some examples of % of renewable energy in the power generation mix: Portugal = 42%; Sweden = 70%; Iceland = 100% (!!! - geothermal rules) Things can change really fast... “Anyway, things are looking up for renewables, but we’re a long ways away from seeing anything actually happen on this front.”

…in the US my friend. Portugal has just commissioned the world’s first wave energy farm, based on the Pelamis technology, with a nominal capacity of 2.25MW on a 1st stage, with an a total of 20MW in the pipeline in case productivity results are up to the estimates. And I must say the aquabuoy sounds much more effective than the Pelamis, but since financial due dilligence gave the green light on the latter based on the many pilot projects it went through, that’s what’s floating right now…
There also at least three wave energy development centers in the EU that I’m aware of, and it’s just a matter of getting the tech stabilized – ie cheaper – before it becomes a real alternative, much like what happened with wind energy. U just gotta get the lobbying right ;)
Some examples of % of renewable energy in the power generation mix: Portugal = 42%; Sweden = 70%; Iceland = 100% (!!! – geothermal rules)

Things can change really fast…

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