News tagged with tidal turbine

Scotland surges ahead with new 10MW tidal farm

(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking advantage of the steady sea currents that flow through the underwater canyon walls in the sound of Islay, off the southwest coast of Scotland, between the islands of Islay and Jura, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

India aims for Asia's biggest tidal power plant

The western Indian state of Gujarat is aiming to host the first commercial-scale tidal power project in Asia after signing a deal with a British marine energy company, officials said Wednesday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Tidal power plant proposed for New York's East River

Here's exciting news for anyone who's been watching the fledgling efforts to promote tidal power in the U.S.: A New York energy company that has been testing tidal power in the East River has filed a formal application ...

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created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Assessing the environmental effects of tidal turbines

Harnessing the power of ocean tides has long been imagined, but countries are only now putting it into practice. A demonstration project planned for Puget Sound will be the first tidal energy project on the ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Calculating tidal energy turbines' effects on sediments and fish

The emerging tidal-energy industry is spawning another in its shadow: tidal-energy monitoring. Little is known about tidal turbines' environmental effects and environmentalists, regulators and turbine manufacturers ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Firms see tidal energy as wave of future

Moored in the channel, the little gray barge strains against a raging morning tide. The torrent soon will drain nearby rocky inlets and fishing harbors by 20 feet - as high as a two-story house - only to flood them again ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 25, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Harnessing tidal energy

A new company, Kepler Energy Limited, has been formed to develop a tidal turbine which has the potential to harness tidal energy more efficiently and cheaply, using a device which is simpler, more robust and ...

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created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Deep Green underwater kite to generate electricity (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- An underwater tidal turbine called an “underwater kite” has just secured finance from investors to ensure its 2011 tests can go ahead.

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created May 11, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (25) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Tidal energy farms influence the natural transport of sands

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tidal stream farms, in which electricity is generated by turbines from regions of strong tidal flow, may influence the natural balance of marine sands, according to research at Bangor University.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Composites for energy

Advanced composite materials are playing a vital role in improved design and reduced operating costs for renewable energy technologies. Research presented today will highlight how wind, marine and solar power could address ...

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created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0