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 ...

For every small step we take towards responsible living—buying eco-friendly light bulbs, and so on—there are gadgets that help us make giant leaps in our quest for sustainability. This week in our ...

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 ...

Scotland's Orbital Marine Power (formerly Scotrenewables) has completed the build on what it claims will be the world's most powerful operational tidal turbine. It's now on its way to the Orkney ...

The ocean never stops moving, and engineers have spent sixty years trying to bill it for the privilege. Some projects dam an estuary outright, others hang turbines in a fast current or bolt generators ...

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 ...

A major step forward in using the tidal power of the UK’s Humber estuary to generate electricity has been completed by Neptune Renewable Energy. The company said it produced power from its ...

Japan has successfully installed a 1.1 MW tidal turbine in the Naru Strait, harnessing energy from reliable tidal currents instead of variable sources like wind or solar. The AR1100 turbine evolved ...

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 ...

Renewable energy is having its moment in the sun. And in the wind. And, lesser known but equally relevant, in the water. Tidal turbines don’t get as much buzz as solar and wind farms, and there are ...

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 ...