[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>ISTRT there was an experiment for creating power from a line of
>aerofoil-type devices strung together ('Nodding ducks' I think they were
>called) between
>Flat Holm and Steep Holm islands. As the devices rocked on the water, they
>operated internal generators and the power was fed by cable to the shore.
>
>Soon after the devices were put into the water, the power of the tidal
>currents destroyed them.
There has been quite a lot of research into this idea subsequently.
Newer designs are more robust and efficient.
ISTM that this technologically has a lot of promise. And it is much
less unsightly than wind generators.
Adrian
Adrian Stott
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