A tidal project in Scottish waters just generated enough electricity to power nearly 4,000 homes

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A tidal project in Scottish waters just generated enough electricity to power nearly 4,000 homes
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Recent years have seen a number of new tidal power projects take shape.

The European Commission has described "ocean energy" as both abundant and renewable.

In total, the MeyGen tidal stream array has now exported more than 25.5 GWh of electricity to the grid since the start of 2017, according to owners Simec Atlantis Energy. Phase 1A of the project is made up of four 1.5 megawatt turbines. Onshore maintenance is now set to be carried out on the AR1500 turbine used by the scheme, with Atlantis aiming to redeploy the technology in spring.

The European Commission has described "ocean energy" as being both abundant and renewable. It's estimated that ocean energy could potentially contribute roughly 10% of the European Union's power demand by the year 2050, according to the Commission.240 MW La Rance Tidal Power Plant in France was built as far back as 1966 — recent years have seen a number of new projects take shape.to develop a project in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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