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This one is in use in Scotland: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islay_LIMPET


500 KW (now derated to 250KW), it's neat but that's piddly little bits of power for an installation that size. A single present day wind turbine will produce up to 3 MW continuously rather than pulsed.

Pity I didn't know about it when I toured Scotland a couple of years ago looking at their renewable energy installations.

This one was by far the most impressive:

http://pics.camarades.com/v/jacques/trips/scotland08/dscf158...




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