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Title: Scotland: 'World's most powerful' tidal turbine sets sail from Dundee
Post by: rcjordan on April 23, 2021, 01:48:44 AM
Good pix. Worth a look.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-56818538
Title: Re: Scotland: 'World's most powerful' tidal turbine sets sail from Dundee
Post by: Rupert on April 23, 2021, 05:21:45 AM
Nice. vid is short and neat.
2000 homes.  I wonder what the power profile is like.
Sinusoidal I guess. We need them scattered round the coast, or great storage again.
Title: Re: Scotland: 'World's most powerful' tidal turbine sets sail from Dundee
Post by: Brad on April 23, 2021, 10:48:53 AM
That thing looks really cool.  It makes a lot of sense in the Orkney's and all those other smaller inhabited islands surrounding Great Britain.
Title: Re: Scotland: 'World's most powerful' tidal turbine sets sail from Dundee
Post by: rcjordan on June 01, 2021, 06:13:15 PM
Skip to the good part in this video

https://youtu.be/4d9zs0W9u2A?t=170

Title: Re: Scotland: 'World's most powerful' tidal turbine sets sail from Dundee
Post by: rcjordan on July 29, 2021, 11:18:41 PM
Orbital's O2 floating turbine starts exporting clean power to the grid
https://newatlas.com/energy/orbital-o2-floating-marine-turbine-grid-connection/
Title: Re: Scotland: 'World's most powerful' tidal turbine sets sail from Dundee
Post by: rcjordan on July 05, 2022, 03:01:15 PM
The world's most powerful tidal turbine just got a major funding boost
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/05/the-worlds-most-powerful-tidal-turbine-just-got-a-major-funding-boost.html