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MeyGen turbine sets record: Six years of continuous underwater operation
Agencies Submerged in about 40 meters (44 yards) of water off Scotland's coast, a turbine has been spinning for more than six years to harness the power of ocean tides for electricity — a durability mark that demonstrates the technology's commercial viability. Keeping a large, or grid-scale, turbine in place in the harsh sea environment that long is a record that helps pave the way for bigger tidal energy farms and makes it far more appealing to investors, according to the trade association Ocean Energy Europe. Tidal energy projects would be prohibitively expensive if the turbines had to be taken out of the water for maintenance every couple of years. Tidal energy technologies are still in the early days of their commercial development, but their potential for generating clean energy is big. According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, marine energy, a term researchers use to refer to power generated from tides, currents, waves or temperature changes, is the world's largest untapped renewable energy resource. The MeyGen tidal energy project off the coast of Scotland has four turbines producing 1.5 megawatts each, enough electricity collectively to power up to 7,000 homes annually. On Thursday, the Swedish company SKF announced that its bearings and seals on one of the turbines had passed the 6 1/2-year mark without needing unplanned or disruptive maintenance. It has been working closely with the industry for a decade on design and testing. Achieving six years in the water with constant operations is a 'very significant milestone' that bodes well for the future of tidal energy, said Rémi Gruet, CEO of Ocean Energy Europe. Scotland and the United Kingdom are global leaders in tidal energy. The MeyGen site, operated by SAE Renewables, has been sending electricity to the grid for about eight years. There are very few tidal energy projects generating electricity continuously. Most have been tests and demonstrations, said Andrea Copping, an expert in marine renewable energy development. Copping said there are still large hurdles to overcome before tidal energy can be adopted more widely, such as dealing with regulatory issues, potential environmental effects and conflicts with other ocean users. Still, the Scotland project seems to have addressed the question of whether the turbines can last in seawater, added Copping, a distinguished faculty fellow in the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs at the University of Washington. 'I think they have checked the boxes,' she said. 'Because skeptics, and that includes investors of course and governments, said, 'How on Earth are you going to operate these things especially for any length of time in this very tough environment?' And that's what I think they proved.' It's very hard to take what is essentially a wind turbine normally found on land and put it under water, said Fraser Johnson, operations and maintenance manager at MeyGen. The record-setting turbine should keep going for at least another year before it needs to come out of the water for maintenance, he added. The four turbines are in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth, a narrow channel between the Scottish mainland and Stroma Island known for strong tidal currents.
Qatar Tribune
26-06-2025
- Qatar Tribune
First Indian, Hungarian and Polish astronauts arrive at the ISS
New YORK: For the first time an Indian, a Hungarian and a Pole have arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). A Crew Dragon capsule carrying the three astronauts and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson docked at the ISS on Thursday at 1031 GMT, according to the US space agency NASA. The capsule had been launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on a Falcon 9 rocket operated by Elon Musk's space company SpaceX just under 30 hours earlier. The Ax-4 mission had been postponed several times due to technical problems with the rocket and the ISS. This is the fourth commercial space mission for Houston-based Axiom Space, in collaboration with the US space agency NASA and SpaceX. While Whitson has been in space several times, this is the first space flight for the three amateur astronauts. (DPA)
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10-05-2025
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Soviet-era probe plunges into Indian Ocean after 53 years in orbit
MoscowcTypeface:> A Soviet-era space probe launched in 1972 has re-entered Earth's atmosphere and crashed into the Indian Ocean, Russian authorities confirmed on Saturday. The Russian space agency Roscosmos said the spacecraft, known as Kosmos 482, entered the atmosphere at 0624 GMT before hitting the waters west of Jakarta, Indonesia. No information was provided on potential damage or debris. The European Space Agency also concluded that re-entry had likely occurred. Between 1961 and 1983, the Soviet Union sent several probes to Venus as part of the Verena programme to explore the planet. While several succeeded in landing on the planet's surface and transmitting data back to Earth, Kosmos 482 went astray shortly after lift-off. Kosmos 482 was launched on March 31, 1972, and was scheduled to make a controlled landing on Venus. However, due to a failure of the launch vehicle, the capsule failed to escape the Earth's gravity and has been orbiting the planet for 53 years. (DPA)
