Submitted by InterestedReader on April 19, 2007 - 9:23pm.
"In the U.S., there is no federal ocean energy program. The U.S. Department of Energy did an assessment of ocean energy potential in the early 1990s after investing around $250 million, nearly all in ocean thermal energy technologies. It concluded the oceans' electricity contribution would be small and geographically localized (only a handful of U.S. states have good waves or tidal flows) and the return on investment would be marginal compared to wind or solar."
Recently, the government has granted University and research facilities in the State of Florida funds totaling $5 million for ocean current energy research development. While this may be enough for a start, it may not be sufficient to establish any more than a few prototypes for test purposes.
The federal government should be establishing a federal ocean energy program as well as an agency to set standards and regulations for the program as it is presently doing with the offshore wind energy program which it has recently transferred from the Army Corps of Engineers to the Minerals department.
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"In the U.S., there is no federal ocean energy program. The U.S. Department of Energy did an assessment of ocean energy potential in the early 1990s after investing around $250 million, nearly all in ocean thermal energy technologies. It concluded the oceans' electricity contribution would be small and geographically localized (only a handful of U.S. states have good waves or tidal flows) and the return on investment would be marginal compared to wind or solar."
Recently, the government has granted University and research facilities in the State of Florida funds totaling $5 million for ocean current energy research development. While this may be enough for a start, it may not be sufficient to establish any more than a few prototypes for test purposes.
The federal government should be establishing a federal ocean energy program as well as an agency to set standards and regulations for the program as it is presently doing with the offshore wind energy program which it has recently transferred from the Army Corps of Engineers to the Minerals department.
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