Originally Published: 17 September 2008 08:40 AM
Source: The Engineer
Successful tests of a new type of tidal turbine have boosted hopes that a full-size prototype can undergo sea trials in 2011. Its developers believe the transverse horizontal axis water turbine (THAWT) could harvest energy from tidal flows more efficiently and at a lower cost than [...]
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THAWT energy harvester | the Engineer
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Second generation tidal turbines promise cheaper power | the guardian
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Alok Jha, green technology correspondent guardian.co.uk, Thursday September 04 2008 17.07 BST
Harnessing the vast energy of the UK’s coastal tides could become much simpler and cheaper with a new design for the next generation of underwater turbines. The device, unveiled by a team of engineers from Oxford University, re-thinks the way power is generated [...]
