Aargh, UK kills massive Severn tidal power plan
And opts for nuclear instead, apparently
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Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
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Scotland plans to be “Saudi Arabia of Marine Energy”
By 2020, Scotland expects to power 750,000 homes with commercial-scale wave and tidal power Discover Magazine has a slideshow of the wave and tidal devices that will be used, such as the pictured tidal turbine. PS These devices do not…
Tidal power turbine unveiled for Bay of Fundy
Nova Scotia Power plans to test the 1 MW turbine, which is 10 meters in diameter, for a year to assess environmental impact and durability. It sits on the seabed and generates power from the strong tides there.
Pulse Tidal. Next-gen tidal power
A flat, foil type device can be used to generate power in much shallower water. Traditional designs use a rotating blade to extract energy from the moving water. The diameter of this blade is limited by the water-depth and this…
South Korea to get world’s largest tidal power site
Sixty 300 ft. tall turbines on the sea floor will power 200,000 homes by 2015. The turbines are in deep water, where the environmental impact is less.