August was a record-breaking month for Scottish tidal energy, after a power station managed to generate 700 megawatt-hours of electricity. Studies show that tidal power could supply nearly half of Scotland’s power needs.
The MeyGen project, located off the northern Scottish coast near the Orkney Islands, generated enough electricity with two turbines last month to power 2,000 homes.
Director of Project Delivery, David Taffe, revealed the station’s world record-breaking effort in a statement, adding that a third turbine was successfully installed halfway through August. Taffe insisted that “we expect to continue to break records throughout the rest of the year”.
Installing a third turbine in waters where the Atlantic meets the North Sea means that the tidal station’s total capacity is expected to hit its full 6MW potential by the end of the third quarter...
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/tidal-power-world-record-broken-off-scottish-coast/
The MeyGen project, located off the northern Scottish coast near the Orkney Islands, generated enough electricity with two turbines last month to power 2,000 homes.
Director of Project Delivery, David Taffe, revealed the station’s world record-breaking effort in a statement, adding that a third turbine was successfully installed halfway through August. Taffe insisted that “we expect to continue to break records throughout the rest of the year”.
Installing a third turbine in waters where the Atlantic meets the North Sea means that the tidal station’s total capacity is expected to hit its full 6MW potential by the end of the third quarter...
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/tidal-power-world-record-broken-off-scottish-coast/
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