The World’s Most Powerful Tidal Turbine Launches in Scotland
April 27th, 2021Via: Electrek:
Orbital Marine Power yesterday launched its 2MW tidal turbine, the Orbital O2, in Scotland. It will become the world’s most powerful operational tidal turbine once it has been commissioned and connected to the European Marine Energy Centre in the Orkney Islands.
The ocean is a complex system. We know just enough to understand that wave action is a contributor to the overall health of oceans. Waves are expressed energy. This farm is going to exchange that energy, into something we utilise. That means less energy for the ocean that results in waves.
Now scale it up. How do we know that taking that much energy out of the ocean, does not turn it into a desert? Go ahead silly human and sit on the neck of the oceans until it chokes out. When are we going to defund the rapacious need for electricity?