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 ...

A Portland company hopes to have its 60-kilowatt underwater tidal generator in Cobscook Bay fully operational in August after conducting favorable beta tests, paving the way for a larger commercial ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tidal power is a fantastic source of clean, predictable energy – if you can harness it. It's proven immensely difficult due to a range of factors, but engineering giant SKF says it's making major ...

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 ...