Monday, April 7, 2008

Turbine technology is turning the tides into power

The world’s first deep-water device to generate electricity from the tides on a commercial scale is due to start operating within weeks. A seagoing crane barge has lowered the 1,000-tonne double turbine into place and an operation to fix it to the seabed with 12 metre (40 ft) pins begins today.

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