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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Mon Jan 14, 2013, 08:32 AM Jan 2013

UK tidal power has huge potential, say scientists

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20983645


One of the world's biggest tidal energy turbines being prepared for deployment in Scotland

The UK is underestimating the amount of electricity that could be generated from tidal sources, new research says.

The analysis says that estuary barrages and tidal streams could provide more than 20% of the nation's demand for electricity.

Despite high costs, experts say tidal power is more reliable than wind.

The predictable nature of tides makes them an ideal renewable energy source, the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A reports.
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UK tidal power has huge potential, say scientists (Original Post) xchrom Jan 2013 OP
K/R (nt) NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #1
Good news. Nihil Jan 2013 #2
 

Nihil

(13,508 posts)
2. Good news.
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 05:15 AM
Jan 2013

I'm against barrages (especially the Severn one that would destroy vital habitats)
but fully in favour of suitably positioned tidal stream projects and it's that side that
has been traditionally underestimated.


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