Protecting submerged turbines from their marine co-habitants isn’t the only step tidal power plants should take. Sudden changes in water flow can be equally challenging for tidal turbines.
MPs urge government to unlock potential of UK tidal power
Tidal energy has significant potential to supply clean energy to the UK grid, the EAC has concluded
The EAC has emphasised the potential of tidal power to both provide clean energy for the grid and provide broader economic benefits, in a letter sent to Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng
The government should step up support for the UK s nascent tidal energy industry, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has urged in a letter sent this week to Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, which predicts a fresh wave of policies and investment would likely to lead to a rapid fall in generating costs similar to, if not steeper than, the fall experienced in offshore wind .
JFK’s Dream of Breakthrough Energy Technology: It Was Real; It Was Passamaquoddy
“Discussion of reviving the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project has surfaced every few years, with studies undertaken and debates renewed. Each time, most people agree that the engineering plan is sound: the project could be built and it would work. Other considerations, however, have kept the project from being resumed.”
The article describes John F Kennedy’s dream of a new energy project of awesome dimensions: the Passamaquoddy Tidal venture, which would have used huge water turbines to produce electricity for both America and Canada.
It would also have provided a model for the rest of the world.
Mar 7, 2021
OSAKA – Ten years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and triple reactor meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, renewable energy in Japan is no longer on the margins of official debate. Instead, it has become an integral part of government policy, corporate strategy and public interest in realizing economic, as well as environmental, goals.
Though difficult cost and technology challenges remain, raising concerns about pricier electricity bills and stability of supply, renewable energy sources particularly solar, wind, geothermal energy, hydro, and biomass are expected to play major roles in Japan’s effort to become carbon neutral by 2050.