Norwegian firm Statkraft says subaquatic sea tide-harnessing machines could in future provide 3 percent of the EU's electricity, as new research shows rising CO2 levels are causing epochal changes in the Arctic seas.
The floating machines - 40 metres long by 15 metres wide on the sea surface - are to work by using tidal water movements to turn submerged turbines providing 3 to 5 GWh of electricity per year.
Statkraft estimates the technology could one day supply up to 100 TWh of...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.