Demand is much more then supply and so the big question is how to generate more energy to suffice ALL! Since more then 70% of our earth is covered with water, isn’t it but natural to extract marine power? It is and so Marine Current Turbines has gone ahead and installed the SeaGen tidal energy converter into the water off Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough. Touted to be the next ‘Saudi Arabia of marine energy’, it the largest commercial marine power installation in the world. Weighing more then 1000 tons, this upside-down-windmill structure is expected to power 1140 households. The SeaGen generates current as water pushes past slow-moving, windmill-like turbines which are stationed underwater. It is anticipated that this technology will have lower impact on the environment. At the Strangford Lough, natural narrowing of the coastline results in accelerated flow of tidal waters, creating a naturally optimal location to harvest power. Just that they still have to prove that this whole project isn’t going to damage the sensitive wildlife, including seals, around Strangford Lough.
Via Treehugger
