Deep Green Power Plant Taps Low-Velocity Tidal Energy With Underwater Kites
Posted by Big Gav in ocean energy, renewable energy, tidal power
Forbes has an article on a Swedish tidal power technology company - Deep Green Power Plant Taps Low-Velocity Tidal Energy With Underwater Kites.
A Swedish start-up company is generating electricity from low-velocity tidal currents with a system of underwater kites called “Deep Green.” The kites are equipped with turbines tethered to the ocean floor and move through the current in an 8-shaped trajectory. Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, Nordic marine energy company, Minesto, claims to have developed the only cost-effective tidal power plant capable of operating in low velocity currents. A prototype of Deep Green is currently producing electricity in the waters off Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland.
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