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Norway Goes With the Flow To Light Up Its Nights

2003; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 299; Issue: 5605 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.299.5605.339

1095-9203

Richard Stone,

Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-- Three European teams are racing to be the first in the world to harness a new source of power: underwater coastal currents driven by the tides. In early March, engineers in Hammerfest, Norway, are expected to flip the switch of a sea-floor generator that, for the first time, will feed electricity tapped from underwater tidal streams into a power grid. In addition, two U.K.-based companies are hard at work on prototypes.