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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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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

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

That said, it will always be pricier than its rivals, warns Dr Danny Coles, a tidal power expert at the University of Plymouth.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023

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

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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