Cross Tidal Kites

Source: modelon.com Published: May 11, 2016 Jonas Malmqvist I have the privilege to tell the story of this project from two perspectives. Minesto’s and Modelon’s. One and a half years ago I first started to work on tidal kite systems simulation. At that time, I was a...

Forget Tidal – the B.C. Advantage Is Wave Power

Source: biv.com Published: May 9, 2017 Wave-measuring buoys like this one were used in a new study to measure wave energy potential off the coast of Vancouver Island | Submitted By Nelson Bennett Anyone who has walked along the beaches near Tofino in the wintertime...

World’s First Large-Scale Tidal Energy Farm Launches in Scotland

Source: theguardian.com Published: September 12, 2016 The Edinburgh-based Atlantis Resources hopes the project will eventually have 269 turbines and provide enough electricity to power 175,000 homes. Photograph: Mike Brookes Roper/PA MeyGen tidal stream project leads...

Dutch Company To Test Floating Turbine In Bay Of Fundy In Late 2017

Source: thestar.com Published: July 12, 2016   By Keith Doucette HALIFAX—By late 2017, the quest to generate commercial quantities of electricity from the powerful tidal currents in the Bay of Fundy could include testing of a Dutch-engineered floating turbine system...

Scotland Approves Europe’s Largest Tidal Energy Project

Source: bbc.co.uk Published: September 16, 2013 Each of MeyGen’s AR1000 turbines stands 22.5m (73ft) tall and weighs 1,500 tonnes Work is to begin on the largest tidal turbine energy project in Europe after the Scottish government approved it. The government of...