An innovative tidal power turbine in the North has been damaged, its owner said today.

The first electricity obtained from tidal power in the world has been put on to the national grid in the North, managers of the project said today.

Testing on a potentially groundbreaking new technology in power generation is getting underway today in Strangford Lough.

Research into the next generation of “green” electricity generation is to be carried out in the North, it was announced today.