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Renewable energy – wave power for India

Indian innovator harnesses sea waves for power, The Economic Times, 10 Jan 12,   NEW DELHI: An Indian innovator has come up with a technology that tweaks gravity power to harness sea waves for clean and affordable energy, a source more readily available than wind or solar power and, unlike fossil fuels, inexhaustible.

The non-polluting technology, aptly named ‘Gravity Power House’ (GPH),
is an offshoot of Gravity Power Tower, (GPT) both conceptualised,
designed and developed by B. Rajaram, alumnus of the Indian Institute
of Technology-Kharagpur, which have also been granted US patents in
May 2010 and October 2011. The technology is based on a simple
concept, the conversion of kinetic energy, which an object or medium
possesses owing to its motion, into potential deliverable energy to
drive wheels on road and rails. Some of the most visible examples of
gravity power are water-driven turbines to produce electricity and
huge slings that hurled 150-kg projectiles 300 metres away to breach
enemy defences, in ages gone by.

“Steady supplies of coal, river water, uranium and thorium for
nuclear, hydro and thermal power plants cannot be guaranteed all the
time. Wind or solar energy have climatic limitations. Only gravity and
sea alone are inexhaustible, unlike other raw materials,” Rajaram told
IANS from Hyderabad.

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Geneva, a United
Nations agency, also approved and published the patent specifications
for GPT. WIPO has been set up to encourage creativity and innovation
and to protect intellectual property rights, globally. …..
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/indian-innovator-harnesses-sea-waves-for-power/articleshow/11432614.cms

January 11, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, renewable