Green Options

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A green-energy ocean glider has cruised back and forth between the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix more than 20 times since its launch in December. Being tested by researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Webb Research Corporation, the robotic glider uses ocean heat to warm wax-filled tubes that then expand to generate mechanical energy that drives the [...]

Imagine a vast source of energy as clean as wind power but without the NIMBY factor of wind farm projects like the one in Cape Cod. The source? South Florida’s Gulf Stream.

Researchers at Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) recently established Florida Center of Excellence in Ocean Energy Technology are working on a pilot project that would [...]