tidal power

It’s risky, it’s costly, and it’s bad for the whales. But, OPALCO continues to pursue the feasibility of harnessing San Juan County’s robust ocean currents for power generation.

Tapping tidal flows for power generation has long been an elusive goal for clean-energy advocates. Formidable hurdles make the task far from certain.

Snohomish County Public Utility District has pulled the plug on its high-profile research project to develop technology that harnesses the tides to…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-993677.mp3You might call it harnessing the power of the moon.Ocean energy is…