At Piper Alpha, where 167 men had died, huge pieces of debris had to be moved from the wellhead by cranes tossing like flotsam amid the wind and the waves.
We should be investing in safe, clean energy from the wind, waves and sun.
We should be building an affordable power system based on our abundant clean energy from the wind, waves and sun.
Investing in clean British energy from the wind, waves and Sun - along with a major energy-saving drive - would create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, boost energy security and keep the lights on.
Staff at Mayflower Marina in Devonport battled for a number of hours to upturn part of a wooden pontoon which had become trapped on sunken columns that anchor it after having been twisted by the wind and waves.
That's going to finally make clean energy the profitable kind of energy in America -- legislation that will make the best use of resources we have in abundance, through clean coal technology, safe nuclear power, sustainably grown biofuels, and energy we harness from the wind, waves, and sun.
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The air was thick with the din of an insect chorus, while the wind arrived in waves through the bush.
At the same time, their small and often dilapidated vessels can easily succumb to the wind-whipped waves formed in the lake by its volatile microclimate.
Already reeling from the flu, I grew more nauseated as I sloshed in the wind-whipped waves.
The silence was broken only by the wind in the trees and the waves of the bordering sea.
Wind waves: waves formed in the area in which the wind is blowing.
He was wrapped in the sensation of her absence, the gulls crying and circling, the crash and drag of the waves, a cold wind slicing underneath his clothes.
When the wind from the west meets the wind from the east, the sand is pushed upward like the ocean waves the dunes resemble.
The wind was whipping the water up into little waves, and very soon we got cold, so we wound our scarves back around our necks.
And then sounds of people relaxing, lovers relaxing on the beach and talking to one another and the sound of the wind blowing and the sea gulls and the waves breaking.
But the first waves of marine wind farms are being built in shallower water, nearer consumers, to the east of England and in the Irish Sea.
We had to turn into the wind to get to him which meant we had waves breaking through the lifeboat.
They will need calm seas to launch and recover the sub - but while in the harbour, a strong wind has blown in, white caps topping the waves.
But despite the UK's abundant wind, waves and engineering skill, lack of government focus and priority means Britain's renewables industry remains tiny.
Like ancient Polynesians who set off over the horizon in their sailing canoes without a clue where they would land, the first kitesurfers pushed out through the waves without knowing how to sail broadside to the wind.
What is needed are specific detectors that take advantage of the fact that tsunamis are felt throughout the ocean's depths, unlike wind-generated waves, which affect only its surface.
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The wind rushes along the footpath before them, muting the gentle snapping sound of their sails and of the waves crashing against the cliff face 200 metres below.
Prepare for a wild, wind-in-your-hair ride over the waves -- all totally worth it when you are close enough to smell a whale's breath.
After resistance from oil-producing countries led by Venezuela, from America, and from poor countries worried by costs, the final text includes no targets for the use of renewable energy sources such as wind, sunlight and waves.
Wind-driven swells slapped over the tops of breakwaters and turned waves into a churning froth under piers at points such as Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach on the Los Angeles County coast.
If you want to get active, Cape Town's wind-whipped waves and Table Mountain is a nirvana for the adventure sport enthusiast, with operators lining up to ensure you do not go home without having experienced adrenaline rushes like surfing and rock climbing.
For some races, the combination of water flowing west and wind blowing east creates a series of choppy five-foot waves.
Each wind was given a name, which along with the colour of water or the height of waves was used to help forecast the weather.
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