Minesto's utility-scale tidal powerplant Dragon 12 has been successfully commissioned, and it delivered its first electricity to the national grid in the Faroe Islands.

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/worldwithoutus/t/827945

Minesto’s utility-scale tidal powerplant Dragon 12 has been successfully commissioned, and it delivered its first electricity to the national grid in the Faroe Islands.

  • HeartyBeast@kbin.social
    3·
    4 months ago

    1.2MW for a single device seems, pretty substantially. Quite excited. I wonder if it is applicable to somwhere like the Severn Estuary with strong tidal currents that reverse.