A tidal turbine weighing 680 metric tons and dubbed “the world’s most powerful” has started grid-connected power generation.
In an announcement Wednesday, Scottish engineering firm Orbital Marine Power explained how its 2 megawatt O2 turbine had been anchored in a body of water called the Fall of Warness, with a subsea cable linking it to a local electricity network on land.
For more, check out this CNBC/MSN story.