Tag tidal power

Power from moving water

Artist’s conception of a wave farm of 750-kW Pelamis wave converters. Chemical and Engineering news has an excellent overview of the various technologies being developed to create electricity from moving water. The primary methods are wave and tidal. Wave Waves…

Tidal turbine farms planned

ScottishPower Renewables plans to build tidal turbine farms in the Pentland Firth area of the Orkneys, which has been called “the Saudi Arabia of marine energy” because of its powerful tides. The tidal farms could provide power for as many…

NBC on wave and tidal power

< Yet another renewable energy technology is steadily going mainstream. Wave and tidal power is both zero carbon emission and completely predictable as to when the power generation will occur. The more ways we have to create clean power, the…