Tidal power | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 08/01/2019

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00:02:09 1 Generation of tidal energy
00:05:22 2 Generating methods
00:05:37 2.1 Tidal stream generator
00:06:55 2.2 Tidal barrage
00:07:54 2.3 Dynamic tidal power
00:08:45 2.4 Tidal lagoon
00:10:09 3 US and Canadian studies in the twentieth century
00:12:25 4 US studies in the twenty first century
00:14:40 5 Tidal power development in the UK
00:16:16 6 Current and future tidal power schemes
00:21:26 7 Tidal power issues
00:21:36 7.1 Environmental concerns
00:22:35 7.1.1 Tidal turbines
00:23:59 7.1.2 Tidal barrage
00:25:25 7.1.3 Tidal lagoon
00:25:53 7.2 Corrosion
00:26:40 7.3 Fouling
00:27:28 7.4 Cost
00:28:31 8 Structural health monitoring
00:29:20 9 See also
00:29:52 10 References



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Tidal power or tidal energy is a form of hydropower that converts the energy obtained from tides into useful forms of power, mainly electricity.
Although not yet widely used, tidal energy has potential for future electricity generation. Tides are more predictable than the wind and the sun. Among sources of renewable energy, tidal energy has traditionally suffered from relatively high cost and limited availability of sites with sufficiently high tidal ranges or flow velocities, thus constricting its total availability. However, many recent technological developments and improvements, both in design (e.g. dynamic tidal power, tidal lagoons) and turbine technology (e.g. new axial turbines, cross flow turbines), indicate that the total availability of tidal power may be much higher than previously assumed, and that economic and environmental costs may be brought down to competitive levels.
Historically, tide mills have been used both in Europe and on the Atlantic coast of North America.  The incoming water was contained in large storage ponds, and as the tide went out, it turned waterwheels that used the mechanical power it produced to mill grain. The earliest occurrences date from the Middle Ages, or even from Roman times. The process of using falling water and spinning turbines to create electricity was introduced in the U.S. and Europe in the 19th century.The world's first large-scale tidal power plant was the Rance Tidal Power Station in France, which became operational in 1966. It was the largest tidal power station in terms of output until Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Station opened in South Korea in August 2011. The Sihwa station uses sea wall defense barriers complete with 10 turbines generating 254 MW.