Scotland building the world’s first underwater energy farm – could power 175,000 homes

‘The “world’s first large-scale underwater energy farm” is being built off the coast of Scotland, and is expected to start producing power in 2017.
When completed, the MeyGen project will produce enough power to light up 175,000 Scottish homes, and may ultimately include the construction of as many as 269 undersea turbines – the first four of which are scheduled to be completed by the end of the year.
The MeyGen project, which was developed by Atlantis Resources, uses the power of the tides to create electricity. Large undersea turbines are driven by the force of the tides – the Pentland Firth area off the Scottish coast where the project is being built is home to some of the most “valuable” tides in the world, in terms of power-generating potential.’
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