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

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Example Sentences

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

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

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025

Proponents say a similar precipitous fall in the cost of tidal power should be possible as the industry grows.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2023

While it’s possible we might see one meter of sea level rise by the end of the century, he says tidal power operations might not last that long.

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 Wright, Harold Bell