WORLD’S BIGGEST TIDAL ENERGY GENERATOR

Largest tidal power device unveiled
12 August 2010 (BBC News)

"…Atlantis Resources unveiled its AK-1000 [thought to be the largest tidal energy turbine in the world]… ahead of it being shipped to a European Marine Energy Centre test site off Eday, Orkney…

"The device [designed to survive in a harsh marine environment]stands 22.5m (73ft) tall and weighs 130 tonnes…It has two sets of blades to harness ebb and flood tides and could provide electricity for about 1,000 homes."

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"…[Crown Estate-selected marine industry developers are presently focused on] making the Pentland Firth [one of the harshest environments on the planet]a huge success in terms of generating electricity from renewable energy devices…

"The AK-1000's two sets of blades have also been designed to move slowly [at six to eight revolutions per minute] underwater and Atlantis said they would not pose a threat to sea life…"

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"Atlantis, which has bases in London and Singapore, has been leading a plan to use tidal energy to power a computer data centre in the far north of Scotland…[and remains] committed to the project…[of powering the data center] by tidal energy rather than [with] electricity supplied to the National Grid.

"…Two years of planning have gone into the data facility and tidal scheme…The Crown Estate leased 10 sites on the seabed around Orkney and the Pentland Firth to seven companies."