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A new tidal wave machine

Posted by lindym on September 6, 2008

Did you know that the UK is estimated to have 10% of the global extractable tidal resource? In other words, we have lots of places that are suitable!

And in Oxford they are trialling a brand new design, which costs only half as much as the standard models and requires even less maintenance.

More info found in the Guardian

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Items added to other pages: IGCSE

Posted by lindym on August 4, 2008

There are a couple of good things on water on the IGCSE page

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Rubber ‘Snake’ Could Help Wave Power Get A Bite Of The Energy Market

Posted by lindym on July 19, 2008

A neat way to use wave power – the wave squashes the fluid-filled tube which then forces the fluid forward which turns the turbine etc etc

Read all about it here!

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