Salter's Duck Started Wave Energy In Motion
Portland, OR June 16, 2009 12:10 p.m.
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downloadOur series The Switch is all about energy, and we’re spending some time looking at how we might get our energy in the future.
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Earlier this week, we looked at the possibility of harnessing wave and tidal power off Oregon’s coast . As futuristic as it sounds, the idea has been around a while.
In the 70s, a professor at Edinburgh University in Scotland invented a floating canister that captured the energy from undulating waves.
It was known as Salter’s Duck, after professor Stephen Salter. He’s on the phone from Edinburgh. Professor Salter, good morning.
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