The Tidal Irrigation and Electrical System

Harvesting kelp for biofuels has a huge potential. It can be grown pretty much anyplace where the holdfast at its base can gain an anchor within reach of light and as long as the nutrients that it requires are available for growth. This happens in two kinds of places: the frigid waters of the high [...]

One of the limitations of the flash based demo for the Tidal Irrigation and Electrical System (TIE System) is the way that it depicts the walls which constitute the barrier between the lagoon and the surrounding ocean. The original patent  documents depict the walls in terms of barrier islands and this technology is what would [...]

The Tidal Irrigation and Electrical System can be considered a giant open pond for the growth of marine plants which can then be turned into biodiesel. The potential growth rates of aquatic plants far outstrip terrestrial plants. The question has been what is the best method to grow the plants so they can be converted [...]

A rather nice idea was proposed by Texas based, LiveFuels, Inc. Well, it has the potential to be a nice idea. It could be absolutely horrible. They intend to create optimum algae growth in a a 45 acre saltwater pond on the Texas coast by introducing agricultural waste. Fish would be introduced into the ponds [...]

A durable and relatively inexpensive way to filter water from oils and bio-contaminants has been invented by researchers at MIT. These mats can be recycled and are very hydrophobic. According to the university it can absorb 20 times its weight in oil. “What we found is that we can make ‘paper’ from an interwoven mesh of [...]

For the last several months I have had a series of constructive conversations with Dr. Chris J C H Watkins about the TIE System and I intend to write more about these discussions later. One piece of information in particular has caught my imagination; “Enhancing Electrical Supply by Pumped Storage in Tidal Lagoons” by Dr. David [...]