Plans for an £80 million tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay received a boost in July when an influential report described the scheme as "highly promising". The...
Tidal Electric is aware of the use of the lagoon as a pump storage facility, see this extract from Welsh Affairs Committee Report on Energy in Wales. ...
Article extracted from Marine Scientist, N0.9 Q4 2004 page 42, by A F Stobart BSc.Chem.Eng See also http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/aferrand/page11.html Further...
There are many problems with this suggestion Electricity can only be produced by a rotating dynamo, if we exclude batteries or photovoltaics. We have to have...
If contra rotation wind turbines are used, there is a very considerable reduction in foundation requirements, Below is an article on contra rotation, which...
I would agree with Mr Pritchard if there were available "high speed" turbines which operated effectively on heads of 3m and below. True in estuary situations...
Hi everyone, Here is what I'm trying to do. I have a tidal river on my property and I want to generate electricity from it. The river is relatively large. I...
Peter Ullman of Tidal Electric writes: Yes, the overarching concern of private investors is "Why is DTI rubbishing a technology (tidal lagoons) that it is not...
Dve Hempstead, see www.grunweb.org.uk/page30.html for information on pontoon stream mills. The page gives details as to how request the full recent paper on...
Dear members Thank you for joining the SDC's tidal group. The SDC's tidal power project is progressing with funding now secured from the project funding...
I thought some members of the group might be interested in one the first bits of press this project has generated. I think this originated from one of the more...
The following article was published in South Wales Evening Post Thursday October 26, 2006 Tides turn on lagoon project BY CAROLINE WHEELER parliamentary...
Letter published in Swansea Evening Post: 10:00 - 04 November 2006 In your report (Swansea Evening Post, November 1) regarding the Stern report on climate...
The problem with the present grid connected wind energy regime is that it has no "energy storage capacity", whereas tidal power always has, given that one can...
Colleagues might be interested to know that there was a half hour discussion on tidal power options for the Severn Estuary yesterday evening on BBC Radio Wales...
Hi, has anyone been examining the potential for a barrage from Minehead across to Wales (known as the "outer barrage" proposal)? The capital cost would be ...
Dear colleagues We thought you would be interested to know that we have now selected research consultants to undertake a series of five research contracts on ...
Dear members You may be interested in some tidal energy news from New Zealand. Crest Energy has applied for consents for a 200MW tidal stream array in the ...
South Wales Evening Post 18 December 2006 Public support is being sought for a campaign to keep benefits of a proposed £80 million tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay...
South Wales Evening Post 21st December 2006 Environmental campaigners have welcomed the launch of a campaign to raise public support for an energy-enerating...
Swansea Evening Post - 06 January 2007 It's free, plentiful and fickle is the title of the article by Matthew L Wald (New York Times, December 28). In it, he ...
Hi, I am undertaking a review of Tidal Stream and offshore winds farms for my university thesis, with the hope at the end to decide upon the best solution for...
Bob Burgess Business Development Director Seabed Scour Control Systems Limited Harfreys Road, Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR31 0LS, U.K. Tel: +44...
Dear members Here's an update on the SDC's tidal power study for your information. The attached information is also available on the SDC tidal pages: ...
Dear colleagues and stakeholders Following the update sent out by Karla earlier today, we would like to invite those with an interest in tidal power...
http://www.eon-uk.com/pressRelease.aspx?id=1076 15/03/2007 E.ON and Lunar Energy to build one of the world's largest tidal stream power stations E.ON and Lunar...
... From: nre-enquiries [mailto:nre-enquiries@...] Sent: 18 April 2007 16:04 To: nre-enquiries Subject: Are you considering applying for the DTI’s...
Dear members Here's an update on the SDC's tidal power study for your information. The attached information is also available on the SDC tidal pages: ...
Hi Karla, Thanks for the update. I note you held a round-table discussion with the tidal stream folks. Are you planning a similar roundtable discussion with ...
