Norway Begins First Reactor to Use Wave Energy
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions, Economics, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Engineering, Engineers, Energy, Fuel, Power Sources
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Scandinavian History
- Geographical Location: Norway, Scandinavia
- Date: 1985
Article abstract: The wave-driven electrical power facility at Toftestallen, Norway, had the potential to provide cheap electrical power while creating minimal environmental pollution.
Energy Without Pollution
Humanity produces electrical energy by converting other forms of energy, such as mechanical energy, into electricity. Engineers strove for many years to develop methods of producing electricity that would neither pollute the environment nor require the use of nonrenewable resources such as coal. For a time, hydroelectricity seemed to meet those...
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