Comments on: London Tidal Turbine To Undergo ‘Proof-of-Concept’ Testing http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/07/london-tidal-turbine-to-undergo-%e2%80%98proof-of-concept%e2%80%99-testing/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 05:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/07/london-tidal-turbine-to-undergo-%e2%80%98proof-of-concept%e2%80%99-testing/#comment-100633 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:21:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=28007#comment-100633 Tides ebb and flow.  One can make electricity in both directions.  In between the ebbs and flows the tide goes slack, stops flowing.  No power then.

But – tide times are a) extremely predictable and b) vary as one goes north/south along the coast. 

Predictability is valuable for utility managers.  If they know when something is going to happen they can work around it.  And by tapping tidal power in various locations and then tying all those sources together inputs are smoothed. 

Look for a European/North Africa grid which will tie all sorts of inputs together.  It’s already being built.

]]> By: Thomas - EV http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/07/london-tidal-turbine-to-undergo-%e2%80%98proof-of-concept%e2%80%99-testing/#comment-100614 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:24:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=28007#comment-100614 What about the constancy of this energy source? Deliver the waves energy all the time at the same amount? Or are there fluctuations as well?

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/07/london-tidal-turbine-to-undergo-%e2%80%98proof-of-concept%e2%80%99-testing/#comment-100609 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:36:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=28007#comment-100609 There’s this river of water that lows along the east coast of Florida 24/365….

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/07/london-tidal-turbine-to-undergo-%e2%80%98proof-of-concept%e2%80%99-testing/#comment-100610 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:36:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=28007#comment-100610 There’s this river of water that lows along the east coast of Florida 24/365….

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