Factoid/2002/11/05
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Tidal Energy to Power Norwegian Town
- "From late November or early December, however, a tidal current will start turning the blades of a windmill-like turbine standing on the seabed near Kvalsund at the Arctic tip of Norway. "We will be the first in the world to use tidal currents to generate electricity to be fed into the local grid," Harald Johansen, managing director of Hammerfest Stroem, told Reuters." (Source: Reuters article, "Arctic town to get offbeat tidal energy" at http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/18450/story.htm )
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