The Northwest plugs into river energy, so why not the Puget Sound? Amelia Apfel, writing in Seattle Business Magazine, tells of an unusual—and global—collaboration involving the Snohomish County Public Utility District and the University of Washington working to install Irish turbines in the Sound, which has especially powerful currents.
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