Tidal Power Plant In East River

Okay, now we are talking. On the surface, it looks like an application to build a tidal power plant in NY's East River is a terrific idea. Its about time.

We may not know enough information at this point to determine what the adverse effects are. I am hoping that there are none.

The article is positive and if this promise can hold up, this looks very good.

Hey, some good news for 2011, the year of the great negation and entrenched gridlock...

CS Monitor: Green energy first: New York firm seeks tidal power plant in East River

...the nation’s first-ever application to build a tidal power plant licensed to transmit energy onto the nation’s electrical grid.


The company's three-bladed underwater turbines work a lot like a submerged version of a wind power plant to capture the power generated by tides, the cyclical rushing of water toward shore or back toward the ocean. But to deploy such a system, the company had to conduct extensive research to show its system does not harm fish or other aquatic life.


...the figure for tidal power’s potential represents the annual output of 12 or so such large nuclear plants.