Tidal Turbines Turning Soon

Scotland took another baby step towards being the world leader in tidal energy technology, when plans were announced for 10 turbines to be sited in the Sound of Islay.

Actually, the turbines coming to Scotland isn't a new announcement - there is an election on after all! - but their size and placement is, and is to be welcomed despite political allegiances.

Hopefully much will be learnt from these turbines and we can quickly move on to the planned installation in the Pentland Firth, which should provide 1,600MW of predictable power.

And it's that predictability that renewables sorely needs. Along with some stirring music on that promotional video!