A tidal energy firm is calling on the government to reinstate financial support for the industry. In November, the government announced it was removing a ring-fence around money for wave and tidal ...
What happens if you run an electric motor backwards? In short, it stops being a motor and becomes a generator. Following this principle, researchers at the University of Southampton have built a new ...
Lance McMullan tests an early prototype of his tidal generator in Juneau in October 2023. (Photo by Anna Canny/KTOO) Inventor Lance McMullan has a beautiful house on Douglas Island. But he spends ...
Tides are predictable years in advance, unlike wind or sunlight. Because of this reliability, harnessing the energy of ocean tides has long appealed to engineers. The difficulty lies in building ...
Submerged in about 44 yards of water off Scotland’s coast, a turbine has been spinning for more than six years to harness the power of ocean tides for electricity — a durability mark that demonstrates ...
A tidal energy firm is calling on the government to reinstate financial support for the industry. In November, the government announced it was removing a ring-fence around money for wave and tidal ...