A Big Tidal Turbine Farm
A major tidal energy project is being planned for waters off the coast of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Scottish Power has identified the Pentland Firth, Sound of Islay and Antrim coast to test sea turbines which could power thousands of homes. Projects on the firth could be operational by 2020. The sea off the Caithness and Sutherland coasts and around Orkney have been identified by the Crown Estate as having potential for generating energy.
It is said that this area could quite possibly one day be ‘the Saudi Arabia of marine energy.’
Some information on these Lanstrom Tidal Turbines…
Turbines stand 30m tall on three legs and can work as deep as 100m below sea level\
Ability to turn to harness tide movements
Turbine zones would be banned to trawlers for safety reasons
Nathan was thinking green at 7:20 AM on October 3, 2008
Comments are sorta kinda broken right now. We're working on it but to save energy can only work in daytime when solar system is at peak performance.
