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The underwater ‘kites’ generating electricity as they move | BBC News


Winged machines are "flying" – or at least swimming – beneath the waters of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic.

Known as "sea dragons" or "tidal kites", they look like aircraft, but are in fact high-tech tidal turbines, generating electricity from the power of the ocean.

So, how does the technology work?

This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.

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