A new system for producing electricity from ocean currents has just been developed by the start-up EEL ENERGY in the IFREMER basin: the tidal turbine with an undulating membrane.
This technology, based on bio-mimicry, makes it possible to produce electricity with current speeds of less than one meter per second. "The corrugating membrane tidal turbine thus offers 1000 times more potential locations than with turbines, on currents ranging from 1 to 3 meters / second", underlined Franck Sylvain, financial director of EEL ENERGY.
Link : http://www.enerzine.com/7/18794+une-nouvelle-generation-dhydrolienne-pour-capter-lenergie-des-marees+.html
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