(Natural News) The Orbital O2, a 680-ton tidal turbine billed by its makers as the most powerful in the world, has started to generate electricity off the northeastern coast of Scotland. Anchored near Orkney, it has the capacity to meet the annual electricity demand of 2,000 homes for the next 15 years. The Orbital O2 is […]

(Natural News) An electric vehicle charging station that runs on tidal energy went online this week. Made by Scottish energy company Nova Innovation, the charging point is located in the isle of Yell in Shetland, an archipelago of roughly 100 islands. The station gets its power supply from Nova’s Shetland Tidal Array, a four-turbine installation in the strait of Bluemull Sound […]