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 editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.