Work on Tidal energy project in Scotland to begin January 2015

#TidalEnergy In order to provide a cleaner environment, a tidal energy project would be coming up in Scotland and the project would have the capacity to light up to 175,000 homes through a network of 269 turbines.
Construction is expected to begin from next month on the largest planned tidal energy project in the world on the seabed at Ness of Quoys in Caithness, north-east Scotland.
MeyGen is involved in this, the largest planned tidal energy project in the world, which would have a capacity of almost 400MW and, the first power to the national grid is expected to be delivered by it in 2016.
Experts believe that wave and tidal power, if properly harnessed, could provide 20% of the UK's electricity and Scotland could take advantage of this and develop the technologies to turn this potential into a reality because it would, simultaneously, create new green jobs for the people.
Apart from energy-saving measures, such marine based renewables projects will play a critical role in helping Scotland reduce climate emissions as the polluting fossil based fuels are phased out. The bottom line is - save the environment, save the world.