Thursday, September 25, 2008

Portugal embraces wave power

Suddenly a lonely spot on the Portuguese coast has become the centre of the wave power industry. The beach at Agucadoura, just north of Porto, is where electricity from the world's first wave farm is being cabled ashore. Five kilometres out to sea a Pelamis wave machine is gently riding the Atlantic swell, generating power for the Portuguese grid. BBC Article...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bravo for the Portuguese

Other south EU countries could have done similar programs to produce energy from green sources.

Greece and Italy are such countries and the ve done nothing up to now.

Anonymous said...

GREECE IS SUCH A COUNTRY BUT GREECE HAS SUCH BUSINESSMEN AS MR LATSIS AND MR VARDINOGIANNIS AND IT IS AGAINST THEIR PROFITS TO ACT IN THE ENERGY PART LIKE THIS....