PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. — The sun is setting as the Jack Robertson, a 65-foot research vessel, leaves the harbor. Two spidery-looking orange pieces of machinery, each one weighing about 1,000 pounds, crouch on the back deck. These sea spiders, as they’re called, are for measuring tidal currents and more.
They’re part of an extensive research project, lead by researchers at the University of Washington, to try to better understand the environmental impacts of putting turbines on the sea floor.
Read the whole story and see the video at:
http://earthfix.kcts9.org/energy/article/harnessing-tides-in-the-northwest/
Filed under: Admiralty Inlet, Around the Sound, Jefferson County, Projects |
