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HomeMy WebLinkAbout101022 Tidal Energy________________________________ ALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them. ________________________________ Hello all, Thanks for all you do! Thanks again Greg, for taking time to meet our group at Cape George yesterday. I’ve taken the liberty of including Commissioner Jeff Randall (Jeffco PUD) in cc to this thread. I met Jeff during our solar PV install in 2015. It was a pleasure to work with him. I hope you are well Jeff. As promised, here is another link (same as chat this morning) to the PNNL website Tethys for the past project with Snohomish County; Admiralty Inlet Pilot Tidal Project | Tethys (pnnl.gov) <https://tethys.pnnl.gov/project-sites/admiralty-inlet-pilot-tidal-project> “Project Progress…. ……On September 30, 2014, Snohomish PUD announced that the projects will no longer advance, stating that the US Department of Energy decided not to share the rising costs of the next stage of development. According to the PUD, the requirements became more onerous than expected for a temporary research project.” There is for me an overwhelming amount of information on this website. Perhaps we can partner and build on the foundation laid by Snohomish CO and PNNL. I sus the political will, budget, and tech may be different at this time. Perhaps we can get a project going from this side of the inlet. I know this will be a tough sell for the fish lovers, but maybe the tech has advanced enough to coexist with the fish. A lot of smart people around the world are working on this. Think of the weight of all the water behind Admiralty Inlet and Deception Pass down to the Southern reaches of the Salish Sea, with our tidal range of up to 14 feet (or whatever it is) . As long as the moon is circling the earth, there is a tremendous amount of energy passing by Point Wilson daily. Surely we can figure out a way to harness some of it without hurting the environment and other stakeholders too much. Maybe a much smaller pilot could be tried in front of PNNL at the mouth of Sequim Bay. There is a significant if much smaller tidal exchange there. Hood Canal? Now I’m just spit ballin’. Anyhow, maybe Uncle Joe’s DOE would be willing to pick up the ball Uncle Barack’s dropped in 2014. Maybe a less temporary project? Thanks for your consideration. Cheers, Mike 360-344-2189 Home Office 360-643-9063 cell, text 360-344-2602 Home with Shirley, VM. Retired Marine Engineer.