Sixty six percent of the earth is covered with moving water. That natural,
daily movement of waves and tides, caused by the movement of celestial bodies, has the potential of generating unimaginable
power. Wind and solar have had almost unlimted funding for thirty years, yet they still contribute less than 3% of the world's
daily energy needs. Waiting around for a sunny or windy day seems inefficient. Wave and Tidal forces, within reason, are unaffected
by the weather. They move in a constant and predictable pattern and yield predictable output and return on investment. "It
doesn't have to be a sunny day, doesn't have to be a windy day, it will always be the same."
The development
of technologies to capture ocean and tidal energy resources can play a significant role in our nation's economic recovery
and expand our renewable portfolio. According to the Electric Power Research Institute, ocean renewable energy in U.S.
waters has the estimated potential to supply some 400 Terawatt hours of clean power annually, or roughly 10% of today's electrical
demand. This is more than the electric generation currently delivered from all conventional hydropower in the U.S. today.1
The center of our technology is called the "Tidal Cube". Each Cube takes the
blunt force of horizontal tidal flows and converts it to a powerful, single direction, rotational force. The torque
generated by each output shaft turns a generator on the shore.This system is an intuitively simple aquadynamic solution
for global tidal energy production.
Please look
around and let us know what you think.
1. Excerpt from a letter to the Secretary of Energy March 20, 2009 from members of the U.S. Senate
Patent Pending USPTO No. US
61/210,010.
Tidal
Force Solutions LLC
Department of Energy
Global Marine Renewable
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition
