The 2012 Olympics in London is going to have a green slant with the carbon neutral torch and all. Now London wants to unveil the world’s first tidal-powered lunar clock. The clock designed by the British firm Aluna Limited, will be the first public art installation to power homes while providing aesthetic at the same time. The clock will be 40 meters wide and five stories high and will be made of three concentric recycled glass rings. The power to illuminate the clock will come from turbines in the river Thames that will also help power homes. With the ebb and flow of the tides energy is created and the clock is illuminated and energy is stored to power homes.
From Aluna’s website:
“Aluna is powered by the very thing it is designed to measure, the Moon.
The Moon creates the tides and Aluna transforms the tides’ kinetic energy into electricity, most likely utilising latest tidal current technology - turbines that sit in the water and ‘go with the ebb and flow’.”Hopefully these ambitious projects represent and project the message that there are alternatives to the traditional power sources we have grown accustomed to.
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You are on the right track, I would like to do more of this kind of thing,possibly in Australia where I believe both the need, and the opportunity are greatest.
I find it difficult to get any feedback from big rich companies that claim to want ideas.