Green Options » tidal power turbine http://greenoptions.com/tag/tidal-power-turbine Posts tagged 'tidal power turbine' Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:35:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Rolls-Royce Testing the Waters with Tidal Power Turbines http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/14/rolls-royce-to-test-the-waters-with-tidal-power-turbine/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/14/rolls-royce-to-test-the-waters-with-tidal-power-turbine/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:35:23 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/14/rolls-royce-to-test-the-waters-with-tidal-power-turbine/ rolls royce

The venerable Rolls-Royce, maker of some of the finest motorcars, engines and turbines in the world, will be sea-testing tidal power turbines off the coast of the UK beginning this summer.

According to company officials, Rolls-Royce along with a company called Tidal Generation Limited, will begin trials of a half-megawatt (MW) turbine this summer. Rolls has also entered a separate R&D partnership to build and test a 1 MW version that should be in the water in about 18 months.

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