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Hydropower....Alternative Energy Advantage for California

Bourne Energy, an energy research and developmentcompany based in California, has just developed three renewable, dam-free, silent and invisible hydropower systems that have the potential to harness the state’s virtually untapped resources of wave, tidal and river energy. One day they will boost the entire state’s economy and health of its citizens, as well as improve overall regional security, says the company. For the next 24 months Bourne plans to build full-scale prototypes of each technology, which will be used as demonstrators. Bourne then plans to promote the establishment of utility scale ocean, tidal and river power systems globally by setting up subsidiaries in Asia, Europe and South America to mass-produce the units.

Hydropower Renewable Energy From the Deep Ocean

While Royal Dutch, Exxon and BP, (also known as big profit), search for energy in exotic places like the Sudan, Peru, Syria, Indonesia, Gabon, Tunisia and Ecuador; Bourne Energy, a California based energy company, is looking only a few miles off the coast of California for large energy fields. And they don’t need drilling rigs, pipelines, tanker fleets, refineries or generator plants to harness the power.

The 3,000-mile coastline from California to Alaska contains enormous amounts of wave and tidal power which are almost entirely undeveloped. California’s ocean energy densities alone range up to 65 kW/frontal foot of wave energy. Waves -- their power is unfathomable: trillions of cubic feet of water traveling at three feet per second, unhindered for days across thousands of miles of open sea before crashing to shore. Because wave energy is highly concentrated wind energy, and because water density is much higher than that of air, the available energy from ocean waves is known to be many times greater than that of wind. Along the California coast, yearly averages show wave power as having a 17 times advantage in available energy per square meter. The result is a perfect energy source -- silent, hidden, clean, locally controlled and cost competitive.

The company's hydropower systems have no need for dams or reservoirs and come with no emissions, noise or visual impact. And unlike large dam projects, Bourne’s river power system does not need large structures or reservoirs which have major social and ecological impacts and lose power over time due to sedimentation.

Bourne’s OceanStar, TidalStar and RiverStar series are capable of producing electricity, clean water and hydrogen while the OceanStar also mediates the risks to coastlines and breakwaters from the ravages of storms as well as serves as a security barrier.

California is destined to lead the world toward energy self-reliance due to its enormous renewable energy assets. In an energy hungry world where every drop of crude that can be pumped out of the ground is being sought out and extracted, California will be able to increase its energy use without importing more oil. As worldwide energy demand keeps rising, the cost of crude oil extraction increases and energy security problems continue, and California will gain an ever-widening advantage for its economy, the health of its citizens and overall regional security.

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