Could this simple idea 'revolutionise' the Scottish wind energy industry?

Wind farms and tidal stream turbines should be co-located to reap a host of benefits, an engineer has argued (Image: Jesse De Meulenaere on Unsplash)

A NEW tidal turbine design could “revolutionise” the renewable industry in Scotland, its creator has claimed.

Robert McAnally, a mechanical engineer who worked in the oil industry for 17 years, told the Sunday National that his proposal could open “a lot of the North Sea” to tidal stream energy, which generates power from the movement of the oceans.