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Happy Weekend! 又是周末了，希望各位听友能有机会享受一些闲暇时光

今天是我们的周末特辑，想向大家介绍一篇有关新能源的文章。

这些奇特的新能源的尝试都是像利用大自然赋予的自然条件，来为人类的生活创造动能，但又达到了环保的目的。

We only have one planet that we have to share with billions of people for now and forever. Hope we can do a little bit to help preserve the planet earth, small or big. We are all in this together.

同时希望也大家能关注我的同名公众号EconFinDaily。

项目一：(1:26”)

• Kite Power Stacked Turbines

Norwegian company Wind Catching Systems is developing a roughly 1,000-foot-tall structure consisting of 126 small turbines stacked and arranged together. The plan is for this “Wind Catching unit” to sit atop a floating platform anchored to the ocean floor about 50 miles offshore. The company says the unit will be able to turn 360 degrees to capture wind from any direction and generate electricity sent via underwater transmission lines back to shore.

项目二：(2:17”)

• Kite Power

SkySails Group, a Germany-based power company, is developing kites that fly a quarter-mile off the ground to produce energy. As the kite rises, it unwinds a tether connected to a winch and generator, which convert the force on the tether into electricity.

项目三：(3:13”)

• Turning Tides

When placed underwater, turbines can harness kinetic energy from the natural rise and fall of ocean tides to generate electricity. But turbines placed on the seafloor are expensive to build and maintain. So Scottish company Orbital Marine Power designed a floating tidal turbine named Orbital O2. The 236-foot-long turbine is anchored offshore near Scotland’s Orkney Islands, where a subsea cable connects it to the local grid. It can power around 2,000 U.K. homes and offset more than 2,400 tons of carbon annually.

项目四：(4:12”)

• Wave Energy

Eco Wave Power Ltd. is working on harnessing water power from the shore. The company has designed 10-foot-long floating devices attached to piers, jetties and existing marine structures. These floaters use the rising and falling movement of waves to generate electricity.

The technology requires less than two feet of water to produce energy, “so we can basically install everywhere and anywhere,” says CEO and co-founder Inna Braverman.