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tidal power

British  

noun

  1. the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Plans to speed up delivery of windfarms, solar parks and tidal power schemes have been set out as part of a new deal between the renewable energy industry and the Welsh government.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2026

It would show the potential for tidal power and measure the impact on the local environment.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2025

They also explain why the focus of tidal power research has moved to the energy contained in tidal streams - the currents of water created by the rise and fall of the tides.

From BBC Oct. 21, 2023

At the same time, tidal power is deceptively sensitive to changes in sea conditions.

From Scientific American Apr. 19, 2023

The rotation of the moon long since succumbed to tidal control, but that was because the moon was comparatively small and the tidal power of the earth was enormous.

From The Story of the Heavens by Sir Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball

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