Marine Renewable Energies Philippe Blondel University of Bath, Centre for Space, Atmosphere and Ocean Science (formerly worked for the French Air Force earlier in his career) BRLSI 29 th May 2015 Fish could get injured by tidal power, their behaviour plus that of seals etc and diving birds needs to be observed to assess how safe underwater turbines would be. From observations through spot checks and day long observations built up over a long period of time it can be shown that the prototype underwater turbines on the seabed would be safe from interactions with marine life. · People don’t disclose when things go wrong installing the wave turbines because they don’t want to disclose commercial secrets. · Little noise pollution from acoustic sensitivity analysis of turbines noise pollution · Up to 29 TW capacity for tidal po...
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