A company named Marine Current Turbines will be installing a 1.2 megawatt tidal turbine in Northern Ireland's Strangford Lough in August. This SeaGen turbine will be the world’s largest ever tidal current device by a significant margin -- generating clean electricity for approximately 1000 homes!
The slow turning turbine prototype is to be replicated on a large scale over the next few years, and the risks of impact from SeaGen rotor blades is small, since marine creatures that swim in strong currents tend to be agile, and hence would be able to avoid the slow-moving underwater obstructions.
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Source: TreeHugger
Tags: Tidal Turbine | Largest
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