Harnessing Tidal Cycles For Generating Power
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
I had heard of the idea of using the momentum of the waves as they come in and out of the shoreline to drive a turbine above the water level, but using the Tide and ocean current is really a cool idea. Most of the structure is below water level, and theere is a very small footprint on the ocean floor. From above water the structure appears as if it was a buoy or channel marker, but underwater, there are two turbines that look like a wind turbine.
Another rather interesting aspect is that this is more than an idea. This news story is actually about an International study that has identified 16 plausable sites on the Canadian East Coast. There would be enough (more…)