*Ø* Blogmanac | Moon brings green power to Arctic living
"Households on the Arctic tip of Norway are getting power from the moon through a unique undersea power station driven by the rise and fall of the tides.
"On Saturday, near the town of Hammerfest, a tidal current in a sea channel, caused by the gravitational tug of the moon on the Earth, started turning the 10-metre blades of a turbine bolted to the seabed to generate electricity for the local grid.
"The prototype looks like an underwater windmill and is expected to generate about 700,000 kilowatt hours of non-polluting energy a year – enough to light and heat about 30 homes.
"'This is the first time in the world that electricity from a tidal current has been fed into a power grid,' said Harald Johansen, the managing director of Hammerfest Stroem, which has led the project ..."
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"Households on the Arctic tip of Norway are getting power from the moon through a unique undersea power station driven by the rise and fall of the tides.
"On Saturday, near the town of Hammerfest, a tidal current in a sea channel, caused by the gravitational tug of the moon on the Earth, started turning the 10-metre blades of a turbine bolted to the seabed to generate electricity for the local grid.
"The prototype looks like an underwater windmill and is expected to generate about 700,000 kilowatt hours of non-polluting energy a year – enough to light and heat about 30 homes.
"'This is the first time in the world that electricity from a tidal current has been fed into a power grid,' said Harald Johansen, the managing director of Hammerfest Stroem, which has led the project ..."
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