Wales floats plan for tidal power future

Will Nichols
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Tidal Energy Limited plans 10MW array in the wake of deploying Wales' first large-scale, free-standing generating device

Wales dipped its toe into the emerging marine energy sector yesterday with the unveiling of its first commercial-scale tidal energy device. The 150 tonne DeltaStream device developed by Tidal Energy...

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