Four 1.5-MW tidal stream turbines that will make up the first phase of the massive MeyGen project proposed for installation in the Pentland Firth, have been fully assembled. Three of the turbines were ...

LONDON/OSLO (Reuters) - Scottish Power is buying into a Norwegian tidal energy company to develop the renewable energy source and install an "underwater windmill" offshore Britain in 2009. Scottish ...

One of the world’s first offshore tidal energy arrays was connected to Scotland’s grid this August. On its heels is the grid connection of a second array that is owned by a different company. Nova ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 12 (UPI) --The Scottish government said it was putting funding forward to help develop what it says may be the first large-scale tidal power operation in the world. Scotland ...

The first large-scale tidal energy farm is now operational in Scotland, part of a long-term project aimed at generating enough electricity to power 175,000 homes in the country. The first of the ...

A Scotland-based utility has secured government approval to build a 10-MW demonstration marine power farm that will use a novel turbine to harness the kinetic energy of tidal streams. Installation of ...

As Scotland transitions from fossil fuels to renewable energy, it is investing in an unexpected source: tidal currents. Similar to wind turbines, which sit above ground, tidal turbines are one hundred ...