7 April 2008 – The UK government has gave permission for a prototype tidal stream generator which could power 70 000 homes. The prototype will be positioned off the south bank of the Humber at Upper ...

Potential benefits of tidal energy as a renewable-energy source. What is a tidal barrage power system? U.K. efforts to implement tidal power. A major source of tidal energy comes from the natural rise ...

The City of Liverpool, England, has unveiled advanced proposals to build the world’s largest tidal power generator on the River Mersey. If it’s built, Mersey Tidal Power would become the largest tidal ...

For every small step we take towards responsible living—buying eco-friendly light bulbs, and so on—there are gadgets that help us make giant leaps in our quest for sustainability. This week in our ...

A Maine-based renewable energy company with plans to build a tidal generator in Nikiski is now eyeing a second tidal site. Ocean Renewable Power Company hopes it can harness the strong tides in the ...

Like the tides, tidal power’s fortunes rise and fall. Last week we reported on a Tidal Generation-designed 1-megawatt, horizontal-axis turbine’s installation at the European Marine Energy Centre, a ...

Chris Sauer was speaking at a 2007 energy conference in Anchorage, Alaska, about his ambitions to test a marine power generator in the massive tides of Cook Inlet when a participant asked if the ...

Here’s your flight of architectural fancy for the day: GRO Architects‘ concept for a series of walkways and public spaces, nested inside power-generating, tidal turbines. Say what? As Inhabitat writes ...

Backers of tidal power technology say 2015 is going to be a big year on the road to commercialization. Utility-scale projects in France, the United Kingdom and Canada all show promise, with turbine ...

We've already heard about renewable energy systems that use aerial kites to generate electricity via the wind. Well, the Manta system is kind of similar, although it uses an underwater kite that ...

Nova Scotia Poweris looking at introducingin-stream tidal power, an alternative to placing dams acrossinlets or rivers to capture the energy of huge volumes of moving water. The company hasa deal ...