Tidal Energy
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While world leaders meet in Paris to discuss reducing carbon emissions believed to contribute to climate change, the government of Gibraltar is putting its own renewable energy plan into action.
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Kepler Energy has announced plans for a 30 MW tidal energy fence to be built in the Bristol Channel somewhere between Aberthaw and Minehead. If it gets the nod, the fence could be operational by 2021.
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A new study details one scenario to completely convert the world to clean, renewable energy sources in 20 to 40 years using technology available today at costs comparable to conventional energy.
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India is the latest country to wade into the tidal power waters with the announcement of its first commercial scale tidal current power plant to be constructed in the Indian State of Gujarat.
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Researchers have found that the bumpy protrusions, known as tubercles, on the leading edge of humpback whale flippers can be applied to underwater turbine blades to more efficiently convert low velocity ocean tidal flow energy into electricity.
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Atlantis Resources Corporation has just unveiled its recently completed AK1000 tidal turbine before it heads off to Orkney in Scotland for installation and connection to the grid
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The giant 1.2MW SeaGen tidal energy system is on track to begin full operation in January following the replacement of two rotor blades on the second of its two turbines.
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A giant rubber tube known as the “Anaconda” may present an viable solution to the challenge of generating electricity from the power of ocean waves.
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The world’s first megawatt scale tidal turbine, the 1.2MW SeaGen tidal system will soon begin feeding power into the Northern Ireland grid.
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Researchers are developing an Energy Island concept that could deliver up to 250MW of clean power - equivalent to one quarter of an average fossil fuel power plant - using Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion.
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June 28, 2007 The tidal motion of water offers us an amazing source of energy - it's immensely powerful, predictable, reliable and can be harvested with no emis