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Scottish tidal energy has kept a underwater turbine spinning for 6 years (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/climate@slrpnk.net

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Submerged in about 40 meters (44 yards) of water off Scotland’s coast, a turbine has been spinning for more than six years....

The MeyGen tidal energy project off the coast of Scotland has four turbines producing 1.5 megawatts each, enough electricity collectively to power up to 7,000 homes annually.

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

If we’re going to get to 100m diameter tidal power systems in hundreds of meters of water we’ve got to start somewhere.

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