Thursday, June 26, 2008

annotations, 4 sources

Jeff L Brown, 2001 "Tidal Turbines to capture ocean’s energy"
New York, New York United States: Civil Engineering
This article is about the tidal turbines and harnessing the power of tides and currents. It speculates on the ability to install the tidal turbines on bridges where tidal currents are very strong. Overall this source is very short and to the point. It gives a brand new perspective in terms of the installation of tidal turbines.

Anonymous, 2001 "Tidal shift"
Washington United States: Environment
This article gives very critical information about tidal turbines. It states how tidal turbine technology is better at harnessing tidal power than previous tidal technologies. This article seems like a very insightful source. It provides detail on how much power a farm of tidal turbines can produce. It also suggests other uses for tidal turbines besides just generating electricity.

Anonymous, 2002 "British Government funds tidal power"
United Kingdom: Appropriate technology
This brief article informs about how the British Government has funded the research of tidal power technologies. This article is a very good source because it tells how the British Government is willing to invest on the research for alternative, renewable sources of energy.

L S Blunden and A S Bahaj, 2007 "Tidal Energy resource assessment for tidal stream generators"
Southampton, United Kingdom: IMeachE This article is an assessment of the resources available for tidal stream generators. It goes into details about the different requirements needed for tidal technology to work efficiently. Unlike the other sources this source goes very deep in terms of what is needed for tidal technologies to work effectively. This gives a new perspective and shows that a tidal power requires a lot of planning.

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