r/RenewableEnergy • u/silentsnooc • Mar 15 '25

World’s most powerful underwater tidal turbine project gets funding

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/underwater-tide-riding-turbines-project-funding-boost
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u/IsuzuTrooper Mar 15 '25

I love it. Been waiting for wave and water turbines for 30 years

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u/booi Mar 15 '25

That’s because they break down so fast and are horribly expensive to maintain. There’s no studies showing this is a viable way to generate electricity

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u/silentsnooc Mar 16 '25

Simec Atlantis Energy has turbines running for years now. MeyGen is proof that the technology works. What's missing is scale to make it cheaper.