Bosch Backs Tidal Power Project

Bosch Rexroth, the drive, control and linear motion specialty subsidiary of the Bosch Group, is working with UK firms Lunar Energy and Rotech on a prototype tidal turbine for a tidal power project to be tested this year off the Orkney Islands.

The prototype unit, designed to produce about 1MW of power, will be placed on the seabed off the Orkney Islands during Summer 2006.