E&T Mag: Turn the tide: is it time for tidal stream energy?

Harnessing the powerful tides flowing around Britain’s shorelines has the potential to contribute significantly to the nation’s renewable sector. What’s stopping tidal stream energy from making headway?

What the harbour porpoises, razorbills and recreational kayakers will make of the whirring turbines beneath the surging seas around Anglesey is largely unknown. But a patch of ocean off the coast of North Wales is now the focus of an emerging and under-exploited source of energy – tidal power. If all goes to plan, it could become one of the largest tidal energy sites on the planet.

Read the published E&T Magazine story here.