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Gallery of Technology
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This tidal turbine power plant harnesses the natural energy of the ebb and flow of the tides.
Photo credit: Skittledog.
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This solar tower power plant can provide electricity for around 180,000 homes.
Photograph by Markel Redondo.
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Mirrors direct the Sun’s warmth to a tower that superheats water, driving an engine that creates electricity.
Photo credit: Sandia Labs.
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Solar power collection dishes collect and concentrate the Sun’s heat to produce electrical energy.
Photo credit: UN Photo/Kibae Park.
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Solar panels in Utah convert sunlight to electricity.
Photo credit: ricketyus.
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A wind farm off the Danish coast converts wind power to electricity.
Photo credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.
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Solar panels produce electricity from the Sun without releasing carbon dioxide.
Photo credit: UN Photo/Sean Sprague.
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A large turbine from a wind farm off the Danish coast converts wind power to electricity.
Photo credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.
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Seawater flows through these giant tanks of sand in a process that converts it to fresh drinking water.
Photograph by Dima Sasyl.
