Imagine a new and revolutionary technology that will produce reliable low-cost electricity from the floors of the oceans!

Now company in the U.K. has designed the prototype for the world’s first deep-sea tidal-energy farm. The underwater tidal farm will be built off the Welsh coast starting this year to provide electricity for 5,000 homes.

Click on the picture  or right here to see a cool Web video about how this sea farm works.
Tidal energy has the potential to provide a reliable source of green energy because it is predictable and guaranteed, unlike wind turbines, which are dependent on the weather.

Construction is due to start this summer and the proposed tidal energy turbines, described as “a wind farm under the sea,” should be operational by 2010. Eight underwater turbines will be installed on the sea bottom off St David’s peninsula in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The project off the Welsh coast is being developed in partnership between the power company E.ON and Lunar Energy and is one of several tidal energy projects being considered in British waters.

The ebb and flow of tidal waters will provide the force to turn the blades of the turbines. It can generate electricity without the huge emissions of carbon dioxide put into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. British energy companies are confident that the impact on wildlife will be minimal. The turbines revolve slowly enough for fish and other creatures to avoid being damaged by the blades.

Studies have suggested that Britain’s coastline offers enough tidal energy to supply at least 5 percent of Britain’s total electricity consumption. In U.S. dollars that translates to nearly a billion dollars a year!