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Posted By Mike On July 1, 2010 @ 3:07 pm In | Comments Disabled
Technology to do for water turbines what the jet engine did for aviation
Green-Tide’s turbines use natural water movement to generate electrical energy from river currents and tide streams.
Green-Tide Turbines Ltd pursues R&D activities in the UK, addressing two different markets;
Run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric generation whereby the natural flow and elevation drop of a river are used to generate electricity.
Power stations of this type are built on rivers with a consistent and steady flow, either natural or through the use of a large reservoir at the head of the river which then can provide a regulated steady flow for stations down-river.
');" onmouseout="tooltip.hide();">run-of-river [1] and Tidal stream power, sometimes also called tidal energy, is a form of hydropower that converts the energy of tides into electricity or other useful forms of power.Although not yet widely used, tidal power has potential for future electricity generation. Tides are more predictable than wind energy and solar power.
Many recent technological developments and improvements, both in design (e.g. dynamic tidal power, tidal lagoons) and turbine technology (e.g. new axial turbines, crossflow turbines), are suggesting that the total availability of tidal power may be much higher than previously assumed, and that economic and environmental costs may be brought down to competitive levels.
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[1] Run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric generation whereby the natural flow and elevation drop of a river are used to generate electricity.
Power stations of this type are built on rivers with a consistent and steady flow, either natural or through the use of a large reservoir at the head of the river which then can provide a regulated steady flow for stations down-river.
');" onmouseout="tooltip.hide();">run-of-river: http://green-tide.org/glossary/run-of-river/[2] Tidal stream power, sometimes also called tidal energy, is a form of hydropower that converts the energy of tides into electricity or other useful forms of power.
Although not yet widely used, tidal power has potential for future electricity generation. Tides are more predictable than wind energy and solar power.
Many recent technological developments and improvements, both in design (e.g. dynamic tidal power, tidal lagoons) and turbine technology (e.g. new axial turbines, crossflow turbines), are suggesting that the total availability of tidal power may be much higher than previously assumed, and that economic and environmental costs may be brought down to competitive levels.
');" onmouseout="tooltip.hide();">tidal stream: http://green-tide.org/glossary/tidal-stream/Click here to print.