Renew On Line (UK) 54
Extracts from NATTA's journal
Renew, issue 154 Mar-Apr2005
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3. Local support for Tidal
Following the successful £3.4 m offshore tidal turbine test project off the coast
from Lynmouth in N. Devon, Martin Wright,
the managing director of Marine
Current Turbines (MCT), talking at at
public meeting on future plans in Lynmouth
in November, indicated that the second stage of their Seaflow project will be a £6m turbine connected to the national
grid, possibly in the Channel Islands or Northern Ireland, although
MCT’s technical director Peter Fraenkel
said no firm decisions had been made about future sites for the project:
“We are very grateful for the very positive
response from Lynmton and Lynmouth.
We are used to working there and Lynmouth
could well be the site for one of the next phases.” It seems that local people were keen to have it. Mayor
Cllr Christine Bowden said: “As
a community that has enjoyed using energy power from rivers in the past
we would welcome using power from the sea. Most people are in favour
of renewable energy and this would be a perfect example of it.” North Devon MP Nick Harvey said: “They don’t think Lynmouth would be the right
place for the next stage of the development. They say the marine environment
is very exposed and rough for the amount of work they would need to
do. But the fact this stretch of coast is one of
the four or five best spots in the UK means they have the sincere intention
of developing a farm here when the technology is ready. It is very good
news and very useful from Green Party parliamentary candidate, Ricky Knight,
said: “This is an exciting additional raft to the
package of renewable sources needed to supply our energy needs in to
the future, sustainably, cleanly and unobtrusively.
In the South West we have a rich maritime history, and offshore energy
could provide skilled local jobs within the next decade.” Source: Weston Morning News |
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