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RssLast week, EcoWorldly hosted a renewable energy festival, highlighting energy projects and issues around the globe. Here, with links back to the original articles, are some inspiring successes and dismal failures in renewable energy as they were explored by our team of international environmental writers. To keep up with all international environmental news and views from EcoWorldly, subscribe to our RSS feed.
Alternative Energy Successes
Location: The Bay of Fundy, off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.
Renewable Energy Type: Tidal Power
Original Article: Canada’s Bay of Fundy: Beautiful and Renewable Power
Why It’s a Success: Every tidal cycle, about 100 billion tonnes of seawater flows in and out of the Bay. With some of the highest tides in the world (it has a rivalry with the Leaf Basin in Ungava Bay), there are multiple opportunities to generate electricity from this natural wonder.
Currently, the Annapolis Tidal Generating Station, with the world’s largest straight-flow turbine, is capable of producing more than 30 million kilowatt-hours per year (enough electricity to power 4,500 homes). As one of the world’s largest tidal energy resources, it stands to reason that others will have started working on alternative ways of extracting the power from this natural generator. An alternative to damming, there are plans to install tidal turbine generators throughout the Bay. Basically, think of these as underwater windmills. Continue reading from the original article.
Location: Senegal
Renewable Energy Type: Wind Power
Original Article: Green Diva’s Guide to a New World Vision: Energy Cures
Why It’s a Success: If a woman hauls water for 4 hours a day, her chances of escaping poverty are low.
The cost of change: 15 cents. According to E+Co website
This is an image of Wind Water for Life program, helping to revitalize abanonded wind turbines for water pumps in Senegal to serve over 50 communities, improving water supply and quality to almost 30,000 people. This and projects like it throughout the developing countries of the world, are supported in part by E+Co, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering local groups to create safe, clean energy sources for their communities. Continue reading from the original article.
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