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Independent Natural Resources, Inc. or INRI is an American IP holding company based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. “It formed Renew Blue in Dallas as a wholly owned subsidiary charged with licensing the SEADOG pump.”〔Ford Gunter, the Houston Business Journal, http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/11/02/story5.html〕 The SEADOG Pump is an ocean-wave energy technology patented by Independent Natural Resources Inc. (INRI) and invented by Kenneth W. Welch, Jr.〔PRNewswire, Ocean Waves - Holding Potential to Meet World's Energy Needs - Can be Effectively Harnessed Through New Wave-Pump Technology, 08 06, 2007〕 The SEADOG Pump rises and falls with ocean swells, effectively capturing the energy in the ocean waves, to pump seawater to a land-based elevated holding tank. Once in the tank, the potential energy of the water can be used to drive hydroelectric generators to generate electricity or desalinated water.〔 http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/4334777.html〕 The technology was tested in the Gulf of Mexico with results validated by Texas A&M University at Galveston.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.seadiscovery.com/mt/mtStories.aspx?ShowStrory=1022822075 )〕 The SEADOG Pump's manufacturer estimates that "a square-mile field of pumps could generate 50 to 1,500 megawatts of electricity – enough to power thousands of homes – depending on the size and frequency of waves." The company’s technology has been showcased in multiple energy conferences including the Gulf Coast Innovation Conference & Showcase and the Energy and Clean Technology Venture Forum. It also has had features in The Star Tribune,〔Neal St. Anthony, "Company harnesses the power of the sea, 17 February 2007〕 The Houston Business Journal, The Houston Chronicle,〔Tom Fowler, Firm to Tap Power of Gulf Waves, http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2009_4798066〕 and Popular Mechanics.〔Tyghe Trimble, Wave Power Desalination Plant Coming Soon to Texas, 10/23/09, http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/4334777.html〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Independent Natural Resources, Inc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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