Scotland plans largest tidal energy farm
EDINBURGH, Scotland (UPI) -- Scotland says it will develop a tidalenergy farm expected to yield 10 megawatts of electricity, the largesttidal energy project ever undertaken in the world.
The project, looking like an underwater wind farm, will take advantageof steady sea currents that flow through underwater canyon walls inthe sound of Islay off the southwest coast of Scotland, PhysOrg.comreported Friday.
John Swinney, the Scottish finance secretary, said waterways aroundScotland comprise nearly 25 percent of Europe's total tidal resources.
The project will use tidal turbines from Norwegian company HammerfestStorm, which has had them running in an experimental operation inNorway for six years.
The Scottish project is expected to more than double the energycapacity of the existing grid to support more than 5,000 homes andbusinesses.
The tidal farm is expected to cost $65 million and help Scotland meetits stated goal of deriving 80 percent of its energy needs fromrenewable resources by 2020, PhysOrg.com reported.
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