Wind and Waves = Watts

There are two green energy stories making news this week, as utility companies and governments consider ways to generate power from renewable resources.

On Tuesday, the San Francisco based utility company Pacific Gas & Electric Co. committed to buying power generated by waves. Quite a commitment, considering that the infrastructure is not built, nor is the technology currently deployed! You can see an animation of the "wave park" on this video clip by the inventors of the aquabuoy technology.

In the UK, there are plans to build an offshore wind farm, which has the potential to power all homes in the country by 2020, in conjunction with current projects being tested to harness wave and tidal energy.

Commitments to clean green energy, and energy saving techniques such as LED, give us hope that we can find new ways to decrease our dependence on fossil fuels and increase our intention to reduce CO2 emissions as soon as practicable.