You can actually look much closer to home for a successful project. Scotland has the world’s largest commercial tidal turbine up and running since 2020.
“Limitless” those things rarely last more than 12-15 years. One stone clips it and rust ingress takes it out in a few months. It’s a great idea but the wording for those things is always sensationalist.
An underwater turbine was installed in Strangford lough in 2008.
I watched the promotion video where the sea was completely calm,
Would be interesting to see how it stands up against rough weather and even stormy weather
BuT iT WoUiD RuIn ThE ViEwS.
BuT iT WoUiD ScArE tHe fIsH
What are our current currents, currently?
Some farmers will object to it because it will scare the cows
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You can actually look much closer to home for a successful project. Scotland has the world’s largest commercial tidal turbine up and running since 2020.
[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-57991351.amp](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-57991351.amp)
[https://cleantechnica.com/2021/11/15/harnessing-the-power-of-the-tides-in-scotland/amp/](https://cleantechnica.com/2021/11/15/harnessing-the-power-of-the-tides-in-scotland/amp/)
“Limitless” those things rarely last more than 12-15 years. One stone clips it and rust ingress takes it out in a few months. It’s a great idea but the wording for those things is always sensationalist.
An underwater turbine was installed in Strangford lough in 2008.
I watched the promotion video where the sea was completely calm,
Would be interesting to see how it stands up against rough weather and even stormy weather
BuT iT WoUiD RuIn ThE ViEwS.
BuT iT WoUiD ScArE tHe fIsH
What are our current currents, currently?
Some farmers will object to it because it will scare the cows