Sources of Power Based Upon Moving Fluids

• The great earth heat engine generates kinetic energy in the winds, rivers and waves from solar thermal energy: solar energy flow diagram .
• Tides contain potential and kinetic energy arising from the Earth-Moon gravitational interaction.
• The potential energy content of a volume of water raised above its normal height can be converted to kinetic energy with very high efficiency.

Mechanical Power From Moving Fluids

• Extracting power from moving fluids (wind, rivers, waves and tides): explanation.