Assessing the environmental effects of tidal turbines

Assessing the environmental effects of tidal turbines

December 13, 2010

UW researchers brave rough conditions in February to lower the monitoring tripod into the water. Credit: University of Washington

Harnessing the power of ocean tides has long been imagined, but countries are only now putting it into practice. A demonstration project planned for Puget Sound will be the first tidal energy project on the west coast of the United States, and the first array of large-scale turbines to feed power from ocean tides into an electrical grid.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-environmental-effects-tidal-turbines.html

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