May 2003
Tapping the Tides
First "underwater windmill" hitting the grid.
By Steve Mollman
A handful of tidal-power plants dot the world, and most of them are sprawling facilities that impound incoming water in estuaries, block shipping, and disrupt marine life. But 50 meters under the sea, at the bottom of a remote Norwegian strait, the world's first unobtrusive, grid-connected "watermill" will soon produce power for the world's northernmost town.
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