The Carbon Trust believes that, in theory, sea power could provide 20% of the country's electricity.
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Air power and sea power are central to its plans for preserving U.S. presence in the Pacific.
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Geography is one advantage: rough seas and big tides make the British isles one of the best places in the world for sea power.
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Three "mini-monster cams" were built by Jonathan Trent, his colleagues at NASA Ames Research Center in California and Deep Sea Power and Light Inc. in San Diego.
But the song builds again, the flames reach higher, and British Sea Power returns to its pumping opening lines, pushing harder and faster toward an inevitable screeching burnout.
That implies spending a lot more money on long-endurance air power and sea power, such as the new Air Force bomber and Navy unmanned strike aircraft that Gates endorsed in January.
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Military and political leaders convince themselves they can rely on air power and sea power to fight future wars, and thus neglect the industrial base that makes rapid production of armored systems feasible.
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The Roundtable was followed by a working luncheon featuring remarks by Keynote Speaker Senator John Warner (R-VA), who has had a life-long and intimate association with the naval services in his capacity as an officer, as Secretary of the Navy, and now as Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee's Sea Power Subcommittee.
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The wind farm in the Irish Sea off Barrow, will power up to 87, 000 homes.
Why don't the government harness the power of the sea which surrounds our country for energy?
Five initial proposals include laying cables under the sea to Deeside or burying power lines from Anglesey.
As well as announcing the doctorate and the companies vying for the Saltire Prize, Ms Sturgeon also launched a junior Saltire Prize photography competition called The Power of the Sea, with renowned Scots photographer David Eustace among the judges.
The rules of the competition state: "The winner will be the individual, team or organisation that achieves the greatest volume of electrical output over the set minimum hurdle of 100 GWh over a continuous two year period, using only the power of the sea".
The device is a hinged flap connected to the sea-bed which uses wave power to deliver high-pressure water to an onshore turbine.
The secretary acknowledged the critical role the Navy has played in preventing major wars, projecting power and protecting critical sea lines of communication.
If approved, it will grant a Kingston, Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority (ISA) the power to regulate deep-sea oil exploration, and seabed mining.
If ratified by Congress, it will grant a Kingston, Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority (ISA) the power to regulate deep-sea oil exploration, seabed mining, and fishing rights.
"You potentially have a bomb above your head and then you have sea landings and landings at night with power cables so it's not a straightforward thing, " he said.
Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway and Belgium agreed to coordinate investments and project development plans to roll out the offshore wind power grid across the North Sea, the Channel, Celtic Sea and Irish Sea.
After eight years in power, Mr Howard seems at sea in working out how to deal with the new Labor leader.
Huang is now turning his focus beyond gamers to a host of new customers that will need number-crunching power: oil companies doing deep-sea seismic analysis, Wall Street banks modeling portfolio risk and biologists visualizing molecular structures to find drug target sites.
Yachts, power boats, historic ships, a regatta and sea shanty festival were among the billed attractions.
On the European side, it would be a mistake to sit back and wait for a sea-change in Tory attitudes once the party is in power.
Details of the revised competition to advance carbon capture and storage (CCS) - which is where power station emissions are caught and buried under the sea bed - will be announced later in the spring.
The United States has benefited as much as any other country from the free exchange of goods, the safety of global sea lanes, the spread of democracy and the great-power stability that have characterized the entire post-World War II era.
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The sea wall on the southern side of the Humber estuary protects two power stations, a steel works, an oil store and a port.
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The material was used in a nuclear power experiment at Dounreay later abandoned following the discovery of oil and gas in the North Sea.
The Brits went over to gas-fired power stations about 10, 15 years ago in a big way, gas from the North Sea, natural gas.
Impressed by arguments that nuclear energy is a proven source of low-carbon power, and worried about the dependence on foreign fossil fuels caused by the decline of North Sea oil and gas, the government has been preparing the ground for a nuclear revival.
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