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In the most rigorous analyses undertaken to date, two recently released resource assessments show that waves and tidal currents off the nation's coasts contain enough energy to provide a significant portion our nation’s total annual electricity usage
Tapping into Wave and Tidal Ocean Power: 15% Water Power by 2030
Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:13 PM EST
Article Source: Energy.Gov - Hoyt Battey- Enjoy this article? Help vote it up the 'Vine.
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The United States uses about 4,000 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity per year. The reports find that the nation’s waves and tides could potentially produce up to 1,420 TWh annually, or 15 percent of America’s electricity. Although these resources won’t be used in their entirety, they represent a major opportunity for America to harness homegrown, clean power and create jobs.
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#1 - Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:14 PM ESTElectricity generation uses about 36.3% of our non-renewable primary energy consumption. Considering that electricity production from non-renewable primary energy sources runs about 32% on average, that 15% of electrical power produced by wave and tidal is about a 5.4% reduction in our total non-renewable primary energy consumption, mostly coal and natural gas, but a growing portion of oil as electric vehicles grow in market share.
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#2 - Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:14 PM ESTOne thing above tidal.. it can be accessed all around the coastal areas of our country.. where wind cannot be stationed everywhere..
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