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World first for Shetlands in tidal power breakthrough

Severin Carrell, the Guardian
clock 30 August 2016 •
World first for Shetlands in tidal power breakthrough

Nova Innovation deploys first fully operational array of tidal power turbines in the Bluemull Sound

A power company in Shetland has claimed a breakthrough in the race to develop viable offshore tidal stations after successfully feeding electricity to local homes. Nova Innovation said it had deployed...

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