E.ON UK and Lunar Energy to Develop World's First Commercial Tide Power Plant
Posted on: Friday, 16 March 2007, 12:00 CDT
E.ON UK and Scottish renewables company Lunar Energy have joined forces to develop a tidal stream power project in the sea off the West coast of the UK. Lunar Energy has said that the plant would be capable of generating up to 8MW of electricity, enough power for up to 5,000 homes.
The project would be the first commercial-scale tidal stream energy plant of its kind in the world. Lunar Energy commented that the facility would use tidal streams, which are fast-moving currents created by rising and falling tides, to turn a number of large turbines that will be situated on the sea floor.
The project will use Rotech Tidal Turbine units that have been designed by Lunar Energy and its technology partner Rotech Engineering. The units are designed to capture and convert tidal stream energy into renewable electricity.
William Law, Lunar Energy's chairman, commented: "Today is a significant milestone in our program to establish a UK-led sustainable worldwide tidal stream energy industry, which will offer predictable and sustainable energy in an environmentally friendly manner."
Mr Law added: "This cutting edge technology has worldwide implications for the global provision of renewable energy and comes with a base power source that is both predictable and free."
Dr Paul Golby, chief executive of E.ON UK, the company that runs Powergen, commented: "As we look to battle global warming we have to take advantage of a range of new technologies to reduce carbon emissions. This pioneering scheme shows that we at E.ON are looking to change the way that we approach energy in the UK."
Although the site for the project is yet to be finalized, The Scotsman has speculated that locations along the West coast of Scotland are among those being considered. The publication added that the tidal power system is being tested near Aberdeen at present, and that a prototype 1MW turbine will be tested in the sea near Orkney within the next year.
Source: Datamonitor
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