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Tidal energy companies staking claims
November 3, 2006 by Jeannette J. Lee, Associated Press in Seattle Post-Intelligencer
November 3, 2006 by Jeannette J. Lee, Associated Press in Seattle Post-Intelligencer
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In the quest for oil-free power, a handful of small companies are staking claims on the boundless energy of the rising and ebbing sea.
The technology that would draw energy from ocean tides to keep light bulbs and laptops aglow is largely untested, but several newly minted companies are reserving tracts of water from Alaska's Cook Inlet to Manhattan's East River in the belief that such sites could become profitable sources of electricity.
Alaska lawmaker joins Cape wind farm fray
February 19, 2006 by Kevin Dennehy & David Schoetz, Staff Writers in Cape Cod Times
February 19, 2006 by Kevin Dennehy & David Schoetz, Staff Writers in Cape Cod Times
WASHINGTON - Inside the Beltway, he's made his name as a champion for tapping oil resources in his own state - and for telling the federal government to butt out.
Gas Prices: Sen. Murkowski on Supply & Demand
May 2, 2006 in Blog National Association of Manufacturers
May 2, 2006 in Blog National Association of Manufacturers
One million barrels a day is the equivalent of the energy we wold obtain from a 3.7-million-acre wind farm....the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined.
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