Scottish Wave Energy Plans Move Forward

It's been a long time coming (2007, 2005, and 2002 respectively), but the project to harness wave energy off the Scots coast is finally coming together. Reader krou writes: "The BBC is reporting that ten sites on the seabed off Scotland in Pentland Firth and around Orkney have been leased to energy companies with the hopes of generating wave and tidal energy. 'Six sites have been allocated for wave energy developments potentially generating 600 megawatts of power and four for tidal projects, also generating 600 MW.' The leases were awarded to SSE Renewables Developments, Aquamarine Power, ScottishPower Renewables, E.ON, Pelamis Wave Power, OpenHydro Site Developments, and Marine Current Turbines. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond said that 'These waters have been described as the Saudi Arabia of marine power and the wave and tidal projects unveiled today — exceeding the initial 700MW target capacity — underline the rich natural resources of the waters off Scotland.'"

Comments

Re:Should have an advantage over wind..

[BadAnalogyGuy]

Tides are a result of lunar energy, whereas wind is the result of solar energy. The sun isn't going anywhere for a long time and will continue to provide energy in massive amounts for a long time to come. The moon, on the other hand is much smaller and is constantly moving away from the Earth, reducing its energy transfer at an ever increasing pace.

Lunar energy is not sustainable, and the possible effects related to the rotation of the Earth make lunar energy harnessing a dangerous gamble.

The trouble with Scotland

[countertrolling]

is that it's full of Scots..