The First Commercial Scale Tidal Power Turbine Begins Feeding Electricity to the Grid »
Posted By tbhurst 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & TechnologyThe world's first commercial-scale tidal turbine, developed by British tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines, has delivered electricity onto the grid for the first time. In principle, SeaGen works much like an "underwater windmill" with the rotors driven by the power of the tidal currents rather than the wind. Conservative estimat
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