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Loch Linnhe

Loch Linnhe

In 1994-5 Peter Fraenkel, then at IT Power, tested the world’s first ever tidal turbine in the Corran Narrows, Loch Linnhe in Scotland.  The turbine was 3.5m in diametre and generated 15kW.

 

Corran Narrows, Loch Linnhe

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