Britain turns to floating turbines to tap into ''remarkable'' wind speeds

He plans to put hundreds of floating turbines up to 200km off the Scottish coast, making him one of the pioneers of new technology designed to harness the greater wind speeds further out at sea.

Status and Challenges of Marine Current Turbines: A Global Review

The MK1 turbine is a 1.5 MW version based on the AH1000 design and was deployed as part of the first phase of the MeyGen array, with three MK1 units

Offshore Wind Energy and Marine Biodiversity in the North Sea: Life

The North Sea holds approximately two-thirds (∼19 GW) of the globally installed offshore wind energy (OWE) capacity. The OWE industry is expected to progressively expand in the North Sea by 2050, with a target of 300 GW set by the European Commission. Such large-scale development would b Offshore wind turbines can cause collisions and a change in

FloTEC : EMEC: European Marine Energy Centre

The Floating Tidal Energy Commercialisation (FloTEC) project, led by Orbital Marine Power, aimed to demonstrate how floating tidal systems can provide low-cost, high-value energy

Are underwater turbines the next big clean energy source?

6 · The US Department of Energy (DoE)is set to explore the potential of underwater turbines with the hopes of making them more efficient and cost-effective. If successful,

Japan''s trial of a deep ocean turbine could offer limitless renewable

The giant sea turbine called Kairyu looks like a 330-ton airplane. It features t wo counter-rotating turbine fans that are connected by a massive fuselage and it functions by floating while

Offshore wind power

2 · Wind turbines and electrical substation of Alpha Ventus Offshore Wind Farm in the North Sea. Offshore wind power or offshore wind energy is the generation of electricity through wind farms in bodies of water,

Designing Tidal Turbines That Are Safe for Marine Life

Mechanical noise from tidal turbines is a result of vibrations from their gearboxes and generators. Commonly, the highest levels of tonal noise are produced by the meshing of teeth in the gearbox. Typically, gearboxes have three step-up stages — the low-speed stage, intermediate stage, and high-speed stage — which produce tonal vibrations

Japan''s Deep Ocean Turbine Trial Offers Hope of Phasing Out

Japan is already the world''s third largest generator of solar power and is investing heavily in offshore wind, but harnessing ocean currents could provide the

IHI Demonstrated the World''s Largest Ocean Current Turbine for

4 · Ocean current turbines are thought to be of great promise as a source of future renewable energy in Japan. Since 2011, IHI and NEDO have been jointly developing an

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Underwater Ocean Turbines: A New Spin on Clean Energy?

A new technology that harnesses the power of ocean currents could provide a clean and limitless form of renewable energy, some scientists say. A group of scientists

Sea Installer, Vineyard Wind''s Turbine Installation Vessel, Arrives in

Once elevated, the vessel becomes a platform where the recently upgraded crane, now capable of lifting more than 1600 tons, can install the tower sections, nacelle and blades for each turbine. "When Sea Installer lifts itself up from the ocean floor and begins to install turbines for this first-in-the-nation project, we will literally be

Japan tests deep-ocean current turbines in search of new

Japan''s solar potential isn''t great, but it does sit right next to one of the world''s most powerful ocean currents – so the country is searching for novel ways to bulk up its green energy

Movement patterns of white-tailed sea eagles near wind turbines

White-tailed sea eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) exhibit one of the highest mortality rates at wind power plants (WPPs) among raptor species in Europe, but data on circumstances of collision and behavioral response to WPPs are scarce.We analyzed the effect of WPPs on movement patterns of sea eagles in Germany with satellite telemetry.

Ocean Current Energy: Underwater Turbines

Known as "sea dragons" or "tidal kites", they look like aircraft, but these are in fact high-tech tidal turbines, generating electricity from the power of the ocean.

''World''s most powerful tidal turbine'' starts to export power to grid

A tidal turbine weighing 680 metric tons and dubbed "the world''s most powerful" has started grid-connected power generation at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, an archipelago

Is it time to embrace tidal turbines? | Popular Science

For turbines mounted at the bottom of the sea, that can be costly. "An issue with that is it can cost thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, (of dollars and [require] days and weeks of time to

Japan''s Deep-Sea Turbine Could Be the Future of

Japan is dropping a massive 330-ton turbine power generator onto the ocean floor just off the country''s coast in a bid to source theoretically limitless renewable energy. Over the past decade,