a tidal
turbine linked to a hydrogen
electrolyzer,
this is the first tidal
turbine in the world to produce the pure element through tidal velocities,
and further aid in broad decarbonization efforts, of course tidal and hydro power can not be used in every community, but where it can what a winner! the world’s
most powerful tidal turbine was launched off the Orkney coast, where it will spend
the next 15 years generating enough clean energy to power about 2,000
households in the U.K. “O2” is the novel development of the Scottish
engineering company Orbital Marine Power, which manufactured the 74-meter-long
design during the last decade and a half, anchored in
the turbulent waters in the Fall of Warness off the north-eastern point of
Scotland, the 2MW machine is connected to the onshore electricity network of
the European Marine
Energy Centre. The testing facility uses the powerful currents flowing
through the channel from the North Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea—these streams
reach 7.8 knots at spring tides—to produce a reliable electricity source for
local communities. During its stay, “O2” will also support the centre's hydrogen electrolyzer, which is the first in the world to produce the pure
element through tidal velocities, and further aid in broad decarbonization
efforts, Orbital
Marine Power has plans to commercialize the innovative technology behind “O2,”
which you can explore in detail on the
company’s YouTube, if only more companies would look at the energy that could be harvested by using the tides and then using it to produce hydrogen.
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