TOKYO -- Japanese engineering company IHI said Thursday it will soon conduct an extended pilot test on a turbine system that catches ocean currents and turn them into electricity, the first large-scale attempt to harness such ocean energy.
Environment
Electricity from ocean currents: Japanese company to begin experiment
IHI technology seen as more efficient than wind or solar power
IHI unveiled the oceanic current generator to the press Thursday in Yokohama, Japan. (Photo by Annu Nishioka)
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