
For a team at Florida Atlantic University, 2,048-acres of sandy bottom in the Atlantic Ocean is the perfect location for a first-of-its-kind experiment testing water-powered turbines that could contribute to the future of energy.
Approximately thirteen miles off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, there’s a steady flow of ocean current called the Gulf Stream.
The researchers’ plan: lower a turbine into that Gulf Stream and position the equipment so the flow of water from south to north spins a propeller that in turn produces electricity.

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