Surf ‘n’ Turf: Innovative new tidal power generation for Orkney

July 20, 2017johnrobertson834

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A new tidal power device will be located west of the island of Eday. Using the surplus from the existing onshore wind turbine owned by the Eday Renewable Energy trust, a 500kW electrolyser will generate hydrogen by ‘splitting’ water. Then the hydrogen will be stored as compressed gas and taken to Kirkwall to power a fuel cell there.

This is a way of storing energy so that it can be used on demand. Orkney already produces more power than it can use so this makes a lot of sense and if further developed will avoid the wasteful current practice of ‘curtailment’ where turbines are often switched off.

I’ve already written about this technology at:

Suddenly there’s a brilliant alternative to oil rig decommissioning costs. You can store Scotland’s surplus renewable electricity with it and it’s low-tech.

http://www.surfnturf.org.uk/

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exile July 21, 2017 / 9:43 am

Good morning Professor Robertson! I hope you are keeping well. Thank you very much for all the great work you do in researching and publicising good news about Scotland. I pass on the good news whenever I can. You are creating an excellent information bank for the next push for independence for Scotland. Thanks again, and best wishes to you.

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- johnrobertson834 July 21, 2017 / 10:28 am
  
  Thank you very much for those kind words. I really appreciate them.
  
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