Underwater Ocean Turbines By: Sarah Razac

What are they? Underwater wind turbines that use tidal currents to produce energy and electricity A good source of natural energy Designed in order to decrease the amount of fossil fuels being burned and find an alternative source of unlimited clean energy (air pollution)

Why? Underwater turbines don’t produce CO2 More space (underwater rather than on land) Reduce the amount of fossil fuels being burned

Success The Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) created the Maine Tidal Energy Project which is a project that uses tidal currents to produce energy Scottish Power tested a 100-foot underwater turbine in ocean waters off the Orkney Islands in 2012 and it produced one megawatt of electricity, enough to power 500 Scottish homes Rance Tidal Power Station in France produced about 96 megawatts enough to power 130,000 houses a year

Impacts Reduce the amount of harmful substances in the air Better for health Can produce more electricity faster than regular wind turbines More homes can get electricity faster Eventually could produce a limitless form of clean and renewable energy

Work Cited https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12519-underwater-turbines-set-to-generate-record-power/ http://www.livescience.com/47188-ocean-turbines-renewable-energy.html http://www.alternet.org/environment/13-major-clean-energy-breakthroughs-2013 http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/11/the-wind-farm-of-the-future-might-be-underwater/382225/ http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/31/world/europe/underwater-tidal-turbine/