Mammoth Tidal Turbine Unveiled in Scotland. By John Collins Rudolf, NYTimes, August 13, 2010. "What is being described as the world's largest tidal power turbine was recently unveiled in Scotland. Dubbed the AK1000 by its developer, the Atlantis Resources Corporation, the one-megawatt turbine weighs 1,430 tons, stands nearly 75 feet tall and has six 60-foot diameter blades that can produce enough electricity to supply more than 1,000 homes. The turbine will be installed later this summer at the European Marine Energy Center in the far north of Scotland, where it will be used to power a computer data center... The allure of producing clean, reliable power from the daily in-and-out flux of the tides continues to attract significant investment. And Atlantis faces substantial competition in the race to develop affordable commercial-scale tide power, with dozens of other companies developing a variety of turbine designs... The majority of [the] turbines in operation are experimental prototypes deployed in Europe."
2010-08-27
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