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tidal energy

British

noun

energy obtained by harnessing tidal power

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This includes giving a boost to technologies including carbon capture and storage, which has yet to be deployed at scale, along with hydrogen, wave and tidal energy.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024

Two other planets in TOI-6713.01's vicinity are constantly squeezing and pushing on it in an effect called tidal energy, crushing its service and giving it an extremely eccentric orbit.

From Salon • May 14, 2024

This effect is called tidal energy, a term used when referencing one body's gravitational effect on another body.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2024

Sustainable Marine, a German-owned company that focuses on tidal energy, took a new approach.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2023

Many experiments are being made with both solar and tidal energy, some of them successful in a small way, but nothing that is ready to stand the test of every-day use has been devised.

From Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation by Gregory, Mary Huston

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