BlueTec floating tidal platform is located in the Marsdiep, the Netherlands.
Marsdiep is a deep tide-race between Den Helder and Texel island in the Netherlands.
BlueTec tidal platform houses a single T1 100 kW Tocardo tidal turbine.
The platform will serve as a demonstration targeted at remote locations worldwide such as islands in Indonesia, Philippines and the Pacific.
This will be the first floating tidal turbine to be connected to the Dutch grid.
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Image: Tocardo