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Siemens goes with the tidal flow

Siemens last month increased its stake in UK tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines to 45%, with Michael Axmann, CFO of Siemens Energy's newly established solar & hydro division, declaring: ‘We will actively shape the commercialization process of innovative...

Government funding to kick-start tidal energy innovation

The Government will invest over £10m in new research and development that will help to pioneer tidal energy generation at scale. Marine Energy - Supporting Array Technologies is a competition for collaborative R&D funding that will...

Tidal energy turbine set up in the sea

A 100ft underwater turbine destined to form part of a major tidal energy project has been installed in the sea around Orkney. The one megawatt (MW) device, which can power the annual electricity needs of 500 homes, will now undergo...

Tidal power in Jersey ‘within 20 years’, says EDF

Tidal energy could be used to power homes in Jersey, Guernsey and Sark in the next 20 years. The French energy company, EDF, is trialling the first of four underwater turbines in the Bay of St...

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...

Clean energy from new wave and tidal turbine

Sensor Technology and its TorqSense torque sensor used on the Evopod, developed by Oceanflow Energy to demonstrate the viability of the oceans as an energy source. Practically infinite reliability was the defining requirement when researchers wanted...

ETI models the UK’s tidal energy resources

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) will model the UK's tidal energy resources to improve understanding of the possible interactions between tidal energy extraction systems as they are deployed between now and 2050. The £450,000 Tidal Modelling...

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