Advocates say harnessing the Gulf Stream could create one-third of Florida’s energy needs. Image: NASA While most marine power projects rely on turbines or other power-generating devices in relatively shallow water, researchers from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are attempting a new spin on the concept: Creating swarms of floating turbines, tethered to the sea floor or on movable undersea platforms, and deployed in the Gulf Stream hundreds of feet be… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Swarms of Floating Marine Turbines Could Harvest Power from the Gulf Stream