39% and climbing - renewable resources in Portugal.
In Portugal, they generate 39% of their power with renewables, and that is set to climb.
These red "snakes" - the Pelamis wave-power system - are built in the UK (but guess which government hasn't invested in them?), and Portugal is also investing heavily in wind, solar and hydro-electricity.
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If one of the poorest countries in Europe can manage this, why can't the rest of us?
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It´s not about the money, its about to be smart ;)
greetings from the only invincible nation on earth.
[http://www.instructables.com/forum/What-is-this-world-coming-to.../?comments=all#CHJIK84FCRT3D4A One reason why....]
Pelamis website
brief ''Marinet'' report on Pelamis
Pelamis extracts power from "rolling" waves off-shore. On-shore wave power needs decent-sized onshore waves with a lot of up-and-down motion.
The Limpet system from Wavegen has proven to be good for that.
I must remind you, whatever energy generation system proves to be "best", none of them can work alone - no single system or process can replace fossil fuels, but several carefully-coordinated systems can. Wave power seems to be one of the top contenders, though.
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