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Pulse Tidal secures lease agreement to deploy 1.2MW power system in UK

Crown Estate has awarded an agreement for lease to Pulse Tidal for the deployment of a 1.2MW tidal power generating machine on a seabed area near Lynmouth in Devon, UK. The Lynmouth site is shallow, in...

Simulator research could aid the design of tidal turbines

Research being carried out at a unique environmental simulator in Hull could inform the design and deployment of tidal turbines. The EPSRC-funded project will aim at solutions that find a compromise between energy generating efficiency and...

UK government set to invest in tidal-energy demonstration

The UK government is to invest more than £10m in research and development to help demonstrate that wave and tidal energy can be generated at scale and with lower energy-production costs. According to a statement, ’Marine...

Crown Estate Encouraging Tidal Power Expansion with Nine Contracts

The Crown Estate has awarded nine contracts for the development of renewable energy sources, including wave and tidal energy sites. The European Union is targeting a 20% increase in renewable energies by 2020, prompting the Crown...

Atlantis to develop tidal power plant in India

Construction of Asia's first commercial-scale tidal power plant is set to begin after developers Atlantis signed a deal with the Indian state of Gujarat. According to Business Green, Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat, has approved...

UK opens up Northern Ireland to offshore wind and tidal

The Offshore Wind Area, off the south east coast of County Down, will be leased to a single development company to deliver up to 600 MW of generating capacity. In addition, the Rathlin Island and Torr...

Have $53 billion to invest? Try UK tidal power

When a body of water has the second highest tidal rise and fall in the world, it might make sense to tap the that powerful ebb and flow for electricity. That idea has not been lost...

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