First wave tidal power turbine to put power onto the grid

Jul.18, 2008 in Current Events, Energy Tech, Geo-engineering, Green Innovations, News of note, Technology, The Environment |

SeaGen’s commercial scale wave power turbine has officially gone online and it putting power into the grid. More than 4 times the size of other tidal power turbines, this is one of many different technologies that holds the hope of sustainable and clean power generation for the future.

“SeaGen’s power is being intentionally constrained to 300kW during the commissioning phase, but once fully operational, it will generate 1.2MW of clean, renewable energy to the equivalent of 1000 homes.”

CleanTechnica, a great site for all things green, has more detail and links to additional infomration.

Tags: clean energy, climate change, environment, Innovation, turbine, wave power

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