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Sailing ships could collect energy from winds
William Atkins
Sunday, 20 June 2010 01:14
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A proposal for using sailing ships to generate electricity has been announced by two scientists from the University of California at Davis.
They made their announcement at the fourth international conference for energy sustainability, which was held May 17-22, 2010, in Phoenix, Arizona. The conference was sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
According to the June 5-11, 2010 issue of New Scientist magazine, the article 'Sustainable power stations that sail the seven seas' makes the statement 'A fleet of sailing ships could harvest energy from ocean winds in waters that are too deep or remote for wind turbines, a scheme unveiled last month claims.'
The article is also available on the Web as 'Sailing ships could harvest fuel from the oceans.'
Dr. Platzer states, on page 20 of the issue, within the New Scientist article: 'Our proposal makes ocean wind energy available for exploiation.'
The two scientists state that ships would contain hydropower generators. A wing-like underwater blade would oscillate back and forth from the force of the water as the ship travels on the surface of the ocean from the winds above.
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