In reply to Nick Palmer's message of Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:41:31 -0000: Hi, [snip] >Robin linked to the wiki article on the Rance tidal plant. That's just >across the water from here and I've driven over the barrage numerous times. >I suppose the novel feature of the new plant is that the turbines are "free >standing" and operate off tidal current, whereas the Rance has a dam that >fills up then is emptied out when required for power. Building dams is >expensive. [snip] I provided the link because of the claim that 1000 hrs of operation was a record.
Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
