Verdant Power has received the permits needed to install the first tidal wave turbines in the US, in the East River, off the coast of NYC.
In this pilot project, the turbines will produce 200 kilowatts of power, enough to power a grocery store and parking lot on Roosevelt Island.
After a successful test, the company hopes to install a field of 200 – 300 turbines in the area. That would be enough turbines to generate 10,000 kilowatts, which would power about 8,000 homes.
Other tidal power projects are in varying stages of design or operation in Europe, Canada and the United States, include:
A permit application to install 100 to 300 tidal turbines in Deception Pass that would supply power to a local utility.
A prototype 300 kilowatt offshore turbine installed in 2003 for testing in the Bristol Channel at Lynmouth, North Devon, England.
Marine Current Turbines, also in England, is studying the same area for a 12-turbine project which would generate power for about 5,500 homes.
A 15 kilowatt generator at Loche Linnhe in Scotland designed and tested by IT Power.
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