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tidal power

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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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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

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

The hope is government support will allow the tidal power industry to grow, delivering those cost savings.

From BBC Oct. 21, 2023

Drilling deeper into the patterns, Khojasteh and his colleagues found that certain kinds of estuaries will fare better at retaining their tidal power potential.

From Scientific American Apr. 19, 2023

The petty refinements that had so largely ruled her every thought and deed were no more than frothy bubbles on the surface of the industrial ocean's awful tidal power.

From Helen of the Old House by Harold Bell Wright

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