The Davis 44 T he last decade has seen the tested under the auspices of the National emergence of several technolo-Research Council of Canada and indepengies to harness the kinetic ener-dent assessments have verified feasibility. gy of ocean waves. Now, Blue Energy The Blue Energy power system offers two Canada, a Canadian company based in unique advantages, one a benefit of nature, Vancouver, is poised to enter the renew-the second, an engineering feature. The first able energy market with the Davis Hydro advantage is found in the high energy den-Turbine that converts the high-density, sity of ocean currents. Sea water is 832 renewable energy of ocean currents and times as dense as air, providing an 8 knot ocean current with the equivalent kinetic tides, estuary out-flows and rivers into energy of a 390 km/h wind. electricity, Developed by veteran aerospace engineer The second advantage rests in the design Barry Davis, the turbine bearing his name is of the foils that Davis engineered according comprised of a vertical axis rotary unit fixed to specific hydrodynamic lift principles, with foils and housed in a concrete marine allowing the turbine to optimally capture the caisson that can either float or be anchored kinetic energy of the flowing water. Tapping in place. Six prototypes of the turbine pro-this power, Blue Energy wants to build a totypes (4 -100 kW) have been built and power system to satisfy electricity demands