Posted on 30 September 2008
Tags: Clean Energy, Energy, Renewable Energy, Science, Scottish Power, ScottishPower, Tech, Technology, Tidal, Tidal Energy, Tidal Farms, Tidal Power, Tidal Turbine, Tidal Turbine Farms, Turbine
As the United Kingdom is surrounded by water, the officials there could use tidal and wave power to harness clean energy that will replace fossil fuels in the future. Although there is plenty of water, you can’t deploy tidal turbines anywhere, however, Scottish Power found the the perfect waters off the coast of Scotland and [...]
Posted on 21 July 2008
Tags: Energy, National Grid, Power, Renewable Energy, SeaGen Tidal Turbine, Tech, Technology, Tidal, Tidal Power, Tidal Power Station, Tidal Turbine, Turbine, Underwater Windmill
A few days ago tidal power “entered on the market” as the first ever tidal turbine power station was put on the National Grid in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. In a test, the £10million turbine designed by SeaGen was able to power 150 homes and in a few weeks (when it will perform at full [...]