利用潮汐发电的海底涡轮机将成为英国可再生能源的重要来源。
Undersea turbines which produce electricity from the tides are set to become an important source of renewable energy for Britain.
欧盟的研究目前已经确定了106个潜在的潮汐发电地点，其中80%位于英国海岸附近。
EU research has now identified 106 potential sites for tidal power, 80% round the coasts of Britain.
要建潮汐发电站，我们就需要建水坝。
潮汐高（潮差超过10米）的海湾和河口通常是建造潮汐发电站的理想位置。
The bays and the river mouths where the tide is high (the tidal range is more than 10 metres) are usually perfect sites to build tidal power stations.
有些科学家正在努力研究怎样利用潮汐发电。
Some scientists are working hard at how tide can be harnessed to produce electricity.
和风能和太阳能相比，潮汐发电的优点在于它的可预测性。
Compared to wind and solar energy, tidal generation has the advantage of predictability.
海洋权力的来源主要有两种形式：波浪能和潮汐发电。
Ocean power comes primarily in two forms: wave power and tidal power .
虽然看来显然路要走潮汐发电后，有一些固有的问题。
While this may seem an obvious way to go after tidal power, there are some inherent problems.
这十个项目将囊括世界上首个商业规模的波浪和潮汐发电系统于其中。
The 10 projects will comprise the world's first commercial-scale wave and tidal power scheme.
潮汐发电技术正处于起步阶段，但在伊斯特波特已经有一些投机者在尝试了。
Tidal-power technology is in its infancy, but a handful of speculative ventures are under way in Eastport.
OpenHydro潮汐发电机将用于苏格兰奥克尼群岛南部一个200兆瓦的项目当中。
The OpenHydro tidal power machines will be used for a 200 megawatt site south of Scotland’s Orkney Islands.
最近的一项研究表明，缅因州潮汐发电可达250兆瓦，其中的100兆瓦就来自伊斯特·波特。
A recent study shows that Maine could generate 250 megawatts from the tide, 100 of that in the Eastport area alone.
比如说，变形复合材料将意味着，潮汐发电机能做得更小，寿命更长，这使它们在商业上更具竞争力。
Morphing composites would mean, for instance, that tidal generators could be made smaller and would last longer, which would make them more viable commercially.
潮汐发电机对环境几乎没有或是察觉不到有什么影响，它们是静默的并有益于环保，且不会伤害海洋生物。
Tidal power generators have little or no visual impact, they are silent, environmentally benign and will not harm Marine life.
这台涡轮机浸入海中标志十年的研究和开发不仅使潮汐发电经济可行，而且找到了更多的方式产生可再生能源。
The submersion marks a decade of research and development to not only making economically viable, but finding more ways to generate renewable power.
英国南安普顿大学的可再生能源研究小组的成员Luke Blunden对这种方式的潮汐发电的前途抱有相当乐观的态度。
Luke Blunden, a researcher at the Sustainable Energy research Group at the UK's University of Southampton, is optimistic about tidal power's prospects.
Minesto还强调到，这种机器其中一个最大的优点是它相对于其他潮汐发电机是十分小的，仅仅是12米长的风翼和1米的发电机。
One of the big advantages of their technology, Minesto executives say, is its small size — 12 meters for the wingspan and one meter for the turbine — relative to other tidal-energy designs.
Minesto还强调到，这种机器其中一个最大的优点是它相对于其他潮汐发电机是十分小的，仅仅是12米长的风翼和1米的发电机。
One of the big advantages of their technology, Minesto executives say, is its small size — 12 meters for the wingspan and one meter for the turbine — relative to other tidal-energy designs.
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