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Engineering firm Orbital Marine Power has delivered its first O2 tidal turbine to Scotland’s Orkney Islands, where it will connect to the grid and supply power to thousands of homes.
Engineering firm Orbital Marine Power has delivered its first O2 tidal turbine to Scotland’s Orkney Islands, where it will connect to the grid and supply power to thousands of homes.
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I’m from the Scottish highlands and the fact we have so many massive wind turbines and only very little in the way of tidal power is sad. Where I live is next to the Isle of Skye and there’s a channel between it and the mainland where the tides race so very fast and strong….perfect! Anyway, it’s great to see the O2 do it’s thing and I hope to see many more around the world soon.
Good modern technology
Power 2000 homes WOW how many will Britain need?
Nice
Great beautiful idea and design. One big serious question about this particular design….What types and how much lubricant is used in this device and how often is the oil change???
Great work Scotland, Keep on giving your best Thank you.
A bridge from Scotland to Ireland with Marine turbines along structure could provide good energy. Electric trains could operate, powered by the marine turbines.
Is it possible to fit a wind turbine on top.
Wow! Pretty awesome.
They ought to put one of these waaaaay off shore in the Bay of Fundy. Fifty foot tides, that's eight fathoms. It's where tide waves and tidal waves rather blur.
How come every one here in comment,on a tech that might help or support clean energy( even in a marginal %), complain and talk in doubts regarding the impact on environment. yet hardly talk about the impact of tech and smart media devices , which are getting updated on months bases and leave much damage to environment.(English is not my first language)
mantap bossku…
This hunk of junk is a total joke, actually admitting that it only Powers 2,000 homes?? That's like 1 billionth of a percent of the power needs of our world, do some quick math.. in order to power a million homes which is still a pathetically small percentage of our electrical needs.. you would need 500 of these stupid contraptions.. but you're not just powering a million homes!! You're using a ton of energy to produce these and install them, and you're disrupting the water they are placed in.. only an idiot would think that 500 of these things wouldn't cause some sort of disruption to the habitat and the marine life dependent on it.. but hey maybe they're magnetic, because they surely attract lots of stupid people 👎
Tell me what in installed cost of the Scottish system? What is the cost of an O2 FOB dockside?
Congratulations on the project!
Retrofit cargo ships to be used as battery recharging ships.
Yes the climate is changing. You will notice that we will have a very cold winter that will last late into spring.
Go nuke
has there been any research done into the impact it would have on marine life?
Projects put the end to the fallacy that nuclear power is the only replacement for fossil fuels. While not a silver bullet, the array of renewable energies available certainly are.
This engineering marvel generates 2 Mw which is equivalent to 3 wind turbines operating with the standard 33% capacity factor. This factor takes into account the variability of wind power. This thing would surely cost at least 100 times what 3 of your typical wind turbines cost to build. As he said, any maintenance will cost 100 times what land based work costs. I don't see the economics ever making sense.
I think that this is a brilliant new element in renewable energy generation. 👌👌👌👏👏👏👏
sure hope those anchors and cables dangling down don't come loose and flow with the tides right into the turbine prop…
It remains too expensive for the moment. In the future, we'll see..
Seems like they could have added several more pairs of turbines to increase generating output
Promising renewable energy source with global application
No mention of the cost per k/w hour. Another worthless part of the green scam.
Wait for the "environmentalists" to complain: "But turtles and fish will be hurt".
Хрень )
Wonder how long it’ll take to break even regarding the energy produced to make it as well as the material cost. Ocean water is harsh on materials, hope it’s resilient
Visually more appealing than windmills that pollute the horizon.
Biz ancak hayalini kuralım adamlar yapmışlar tebrik ederim. Nede olsaKaradeniz in boğaza girişine yapacak mühendis yetişmiyor memlekette.
Absotively!
It is another welfare project. The cost of the unit along with a 15 year life span then only being able to supply 2000 homes in Europe who don't use as much electricity as American homes sounds pretty weak
it looks like it came from the Homeworld game universe
Yeah, what happens to all the marine life that hits those blades? I think it’s an amazing idea but the damage to the marine life isn’t worth it to me….plus you’re putting high voltage cables into the ocean we know sharks are attracted to said energy…huge list is already adding up…crazy
Got me a new wallpaper,
They started the generation today.
Fish blender
How efficient are the turbines at eviscerating marine wildlife?
Just go nuclear
How fast do the blades spin? Could you be sucked in from the surface? What if a diver went through, would they be cut in half or just beat up?
O2 is not exploiting the full tidal depth down to nearer seabed. Have they looked at vertical axes and tubular oriented vanes I wonder ? Repair by replacement from their vertical position ….. now where’s my Patent Application forms 😉
Интересно, как быстро до придурков дойдет, что при помощи энергии от прерывистой генерации невозможно даже построить саму электростанцию? =)
Well done Orbital. Logistical (onshore servicing) and mechanical failures are likely to remain highly demanding. Winter storms wait for no man, and controlling a device that has lost one of its anchors a dangerous challenge. The tech will evolve from experience, and we will likely see larger crewed vessels, perhaps with self propulsion.