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World’s Largest Tidal Turbine Successfully Installed
The world's largest tidal turbine, weighing 1000 tonnes, has been installed in Northern Ireland's Strangford Lough. The tidal turbine is rated at 1.2 megawatts, which is enough to power a thousand local homes. It was built by Marine Current Turbines, and it will be the first commercial tidal turbine to produce energy, when it begins operation later this year.
The turbine has twin rotors measuring 16 meters in diameter. The rotors will operate for up to 18-20 hours per day to produce enough clean, green electricity.
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Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the SkyGrenoble, France - Researchers who study energy harvesting see energy all around us – we just need to find a way to capture that energy. One of the latest energy harvesting techniques is converting the mechanical energy from falling raindrops into electricity that can be used to power sensors and other electronics devices. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Tara activists take campaign to USNew York City, New York, USA - Campaigners battling the development of the M3 motorway near the historic Hill of Tara will take their protest to the US this weekend. |
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Thousands welcome Viking longshipDublin, Ireland - More than 1,000 years after marauding Vikings invaded the British Isles, a replica longboat recreated one of the epic sea voyages undertaken by the Scandinavian warriors. |
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Yachting: 110 children rescued from sea at regattaDun Laoghaire, Ireland - The Irish coast guard rescued some 110 children from the sea today after a sudden squall hit their sailboats, Irish officials said. |
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Installation Of The World’s First Commercial Tidal Current Power System ConfirmedStrangford Lough, Ireland - Marine Current Turbines has today confirmed that installation of its SeaGen commercial tidal energy system will commence during the week of August 20th in Northern Ireland's Strangford Lough. |
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Norway ranked as world’s most peaceful nationLondon, England, UK - Japan, which only 65 years ago was seen as an aggressive war-mongerer, has been ranked as the world's fifth most peaceful nation in a report launched Wednesday by international businessman Steve Killelea in conjunction with the Economist Intelligence Unit. |
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Golden Eagle hatches in DonegalCounty Donegal, Ireland - A wild Golden Eagle chick has hatched in Co. Donegal for the first time in almost 100 years. |
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Ancient “Royal Temple” Discovered in Path of Ireland HighwayLismullin, County Meath, Ireland - The discovery of a major prehistoric site where experts believe an open-air royal temple once stood has stalled construction of a controversial four-lane highway in Ireland. |
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