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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

Other renewable energy projects to get contracts include onshore wind – mainly in Scotland – and a small number of tidal power developments.

From BBC Feb. 10, 2026

A historic dockyard has been transformed into a "world-class centre" for wind, wave and tidal power projects following a £60m upgrade.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2024

For those looking to install tidal power generating infrastructure—equipment designed to last for decades—this could be a problem.

From Scientific American Apr. 19, 2023

Why Suffer these wars, this war?—Talk of the riffles That flowed from Elenor Murray—here’s a wave Of tidal power, stirred by a greedy coot Who called himself an emperor!

From Domesday Book by Masters, Edgar Lee

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