Green energy production in Scotland is getting greener

A new set of underwater turbines is currently being fitted in the Pentland Firth and is set to generate up to 398MW of power. The turbines could start generating electricity as early as October.

The advantage of tidal electricity is its output is fairly predictable and constant. Since it relies on tidal activity, unless you're somehow blowing up the moon, it will always be active. The downside of course is that there are few locations which are suitable to produce enough usable energy but the technology is here to make the most of these locations with very minimal impact on the marine ecology.

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Scotland unveils world’s largest tidal stream power project – FT.com
Less than a decade ago, Timothy Cornelius, the head of the tidal-power venture Atlantis Resources, struggled to get investors and regulators to return his calls. Now, as he formally unveils the world’s largest tidal-stream project under construction,

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