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Rafael Ortega
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Technology ·
Tidal turbine prototype starts generating in the channel off Fenwick Point
The 500-kilowatt machine sits on the seabed and turns with the incoming and outgoing tides, and engineers will spend two years testing how it copes with strong currents.
World ·
Guardians of the coast: lighthouses around the world
From Crete to Iceland, Kerala to the Great Lakes: towers standing firm against wind and waves.
World ·
Wrenhaven twin town Velde now runs entirely on community-owned solar power
Velde, the small inland town twinned with Wrenhaven, now produces as much electricity as it uses over a year from a solar park owned by its own residents through an energy cooperative.
Culture ·
Folk song archive of 3,000 recordings from the Asher Valley digitised and opened to all
Reel-to-reel tapes made in farmhouses and pubs from the 1950s onwards can now be heard free of charge, after a three-year project by the Central Library.