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Corresponding Web Notes: Exotic Power Sources ( pptx
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NOTE:
CITED U.S. GOVERNMENT SOURCES MAY NOW HAVE DISAPPEARED DUE TO THE FOLLOWING
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"On December 1, 2025, the US Department of Energy changed the laboratory's name from "National Renewable Energy Laboratory" to "National Laboratory of the Rockies", stating that the new name "reflects laboratory’s expanding mission under the Trump Administration"
National Laboratory of the Rockies, Wikipedia
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"Disappearing Data: Trump Administration Removing Climate Information from Government Websites"
National Security Archive, George Washington University, February 2025
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Geothermal Power:
U.S. National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) Map of
U.S. Geothermal Resources (link)
Geothermal Gradient, Wikipedia (link
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Geothermal Energy, White, U.S.
Geological Survey (link
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Geothermal 101: Basics of Geothermal
Energy Production and Use, Geothermal Energy
Association, 2009 (link
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The Future of Geothermal Energy - Impact
of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) on the United States in
the 21st Century, MIT / INL / DOE, 2006 (link
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copy)
Systematic Review of Life Cycle Greenhouse
Gas Emissions from Geothermal Electricity, U.S.
National Renewable Energy Lab, 2017 (link
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Ocean Thermal
Energy Conversion:
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion,
Wikipedia (link
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Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion -
Technology, Rafferty & Mero, Britannica (link
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Energy Explained: Ocean Thermal Energy
Conversion, U.S. Energy Information Administration (link
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Ocean Thermal Energy: Back from the Deep,
IEEE Spectrum, September 2014 (link
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Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion,
Makai Ocean Engineering (link
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Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
Corporation (link
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Tidal Barrage Power:
Tidal Barrage Power is discussed at length in my note set:
Hydroelectric Power (pptx
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and in references listed on its Resources
Webpage
Tidal Stream Power:
Tidal Stream Generator, Wikipedia (link
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Power From the Oceans - Blue Energy,
Tollefson, Nature 2014 (link
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Tidal Resonance:
Harbor Resonance: A Comparison of Field Measurements
to Numerical Results, Chen, Coastal Engineering
Proceedings (2011) (link
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Tidal Dynamics in the Gulf of Maine and New England
Shelf, Chen et al., J. Geophys. Res. 116, p. C12010
(2011) (link
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Hydrodynamic Impacts of Tidal Lagoons in the Upper
Bay of Fundy, Cousineau, Thesis 2012, University of
Ottawa (link
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Tidal Resonance in the Gulf of Thailand, Cui
et al., Ocean Science 15, pp. 321-41 (2019) (link
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Strangford Lough
SeaGen, Wikipedia (link
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Pentland Firth
MeyGen, Wikipedia (link
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Modeling:
The Available Power from Tidal Stream Turbines in
the Pentland Firth, Adcock et al., Proc. Royal
Soc. A, 2013 (link
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Tidal Energy Potential of Pentland Firth Revealed,
U. Edinburgh, 2014 (link
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Firth 'Could Power Half of Scotland,'
BBC News, January 2014 (link
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News:
World's First Large-Scale Tidal Energy Farm
Launches in Scotland, The Guardian 2016 (link
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MeyGen Array Sets Global Records for Harnessing
Tidal Power, PowerMag.com 2018 (link
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Pentland Firth Tidal Power Plant - Scotland,
PowerTechnology.com, 2019 (link
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Bay of Fundy
Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy
(FORCE) - About / history webpage (link
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Bay of Fundy, Ocean Networks Canada (link
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Top 10 Things You Need to Know About Tidal Energy in
Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Department of Energy and
Mines (link
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Show/Hide list of reports
about tidal stream tests in the Bay of Fundy:
General:
Cape Sharp Tidal Venture Update, FORCE,
2019 (link
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TIMELINE: Tidal power in the Minas Passage,
SaltWire 2018 (link
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OpenHydro / Naval Energies 2009:
A Big Setback for Tidal Power, Greentech
Media (link
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Failed Tidal Turbine Explained at Symposium,
CBC News (link
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Events of 2010, Warktimes (link
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Tidal Power in the Bay of Fundy: A Dream without
Danger? , National Observer (link
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OpenHydro / Naval Energies 2016:
Losses from the Failed tidal Generation Project
Continue to Mount, Halifax Examiner (link
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OpenHydro / Naval Energies 2018:
Cape Sharp Turbine Spinning with no Monitoring
for Effects on Sea Creatures, Warktimes (link
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Team Investigating why Rotor not Turning on Cape
Sharp Tidal Turbine, Global News (link
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Cape Sharp Tidal Turbine was ‘Damaged beyond Repair’ in
September, Global News (link
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Bay of Fundy Tidal Turbine Faces Uncertain Future
as Company Yanks Support, CBC News (link
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Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) 2019:
SME Reveals Plans for 9M Pempa'q Tidal Energy
Project, SME, 2019 (link
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Tidal Energy Companies Join Forces for Bay of
Fundy Project, CBC News, (link
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The Robotic Shark Technology of Jaws,
Tested, 2013 (link
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Wave Power:
Wave Power Science:
Ocean Wave Energy, Johannes
Falnes (link
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Wave Power, Wikipedia (link
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Equipartition Theorem,
Wikipedia (link
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Group Velocity, Wikipedia (link
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Wind Wave, Wikipedia (link
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Sea State, Wikipedia (link
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Mapping and Assessment of the United
States Ocean Wave Energy Resource, Electric Power
Research Institute (EPRI), 2011 (link
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Hydrodynamics, MIT lecture
notes by Prof. A.H. Techet, 2005 (link
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Based on those notes: My calculation of
pressure below ocean waves (mathcad
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Proposed Wave Power
Technologies:
Wave Energy, Open Energy
Information, U.S. National Renewable Energy Lab (link
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Mapping and Assessment of the United
States Ocean Wave Energy Resource, Electric Power
Research Institute (EPRI), 2011 (link
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Five Striking Concepts for Harnessing
the Sea's Power, National Geographic, February 2014
(link
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Pelamis Wave Energy Converter,
Wikipedia (link
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Wave Energy,
BlueBird-Electric.net (link
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Azura (Wave Power Device),
Wikipedia (link
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mWave (link
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Energy Resources - Wave Power
(teaching resources including links to YouTube videos), Andy
Darvill (link
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Wave Power
Assessments:
Why Wave Power Has Lagged Far Behind as
Energy Source, Levitan, Yale Environment 360 (2014)
(link
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Wave Energy in the UK - Is it Dead,
Physics World, February 2019 (link
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Information used in
calculations about Hawaii:
About Oahu, Hawaiian Dream
Vacations (link
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Power Facts, Hawaii Electric (link
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Floating Photovoltaic Power:
Floating Solar, Wikipedia (link
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Putting Solar Panels on Water Is a Great Idea - But
Will It Float? Scientific American, February 2019 (link
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Will Floating Solar Arrays Float or Sink?
Solar Power World, July 2019 (link
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Floating Solar Panels: What You Need to Know in 2019,
Energy Sage (link
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Wind Power Balloons
& Kites:
Go Fly a Kite, IEEE Spectrum,
December 2012 (link)
The Quest to Harness Wind Energy at 2,000
Feet, Popular Science, October 2014 (link
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Altaeros Homepage (link
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WindLift Homepage (link
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Solar Satellites:
How Japan Plans to Build an Orbital Solar
Farm, IEEE Spectrum, April 2014 (link
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It's Always Sunny in Space, IEEE
Spectrum, May 2014 (link)
Fusion Power:
Fusion Power, Wikipedia (link
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Fusion Energy Gain Factor,
Wikipedia (link
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Nuclear Fusion, Britannica (link
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Magnetic Confinement Fusion,
Wikipedia (link
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Tokamak, Wikipedia (link
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A Review of Fusion and Tokamak Research
Towards Steady-State Operation: A JAEA Contribution,
Kikuchi, Energies 3, pp. 1741-89 (2010) (link
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On the Power and Size of Tokamak Fusion
Pilot Plants and Reactors, Costley et al., Nuclear
Fusion 55 (2015) (link
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National Ignition Facility,
Wikipedia (link
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National Ignition Facility FAQs,
Lawrence Livermore National Lab / NIF (link
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ITER (International Thermonuclear
Experimental Reactor), Wikipedia National Ignition Facility,
Wikipedia (link
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Panel Backs ITER Fusion Project’s New
Schedule, But Balks at Cost, Science Magazine 2016 (link
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The Path to Fusion Power, Smith
& Cowley, Phil. Trans. A 368, pp. 1091-1108 (2010) (link
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Fusion as a Future Power Source: Recent
Achievements and Prospects, Mamacher & Bradshaw,
Proceedings of the 18th World Energy Congress (link
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Nuclear Fusion - Do The Math,
Murphy, 2012 (link
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It's the 21st Century - Where's My Fusion
Reactor? - Climate CoLab Org, 2013 (link
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Why Nuclear Fusion Is Always 30 Years Away,
Discover Magazine, March 2016 (link
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The Uncertain Future of Fusion Energy,
Energy Central, October 2017 (link
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Why Nuclear Fusion is Gaining Steam –
Again, PhysOrg, April 2018 (link
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