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Kris Audrey G. Haspela
Wensel R. Valentin
Karl F. Gacos
Also called ‘tidal power”
A form of hydropower that converts energy of
tides into useful energy forms of power -
mainly electricity.
The history of tidal power stretches into
antiquity. The earliest evidence of the use of the
oceans’ tides for power conversion dates back to
about 900 A.D., but it is likely that there were
predecessors lost in the anonymity of prehistory.
Early tidal power plants utilized naturally-
occurring tidal basins by building a barrage
(dam) across the opening of the basin and
allowing the basin to fill on the rising tide,
impounding the water as the tide fell, and then
releasing the impounded water through a
waterwheel, paddlewheeel or similar energy-
conversion device.
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
1. what is the other term for tidal energy?
2. What is the world’s first large – scale tidal
power plant?
Aerial Phtograph of Rance Power Station
Tidal waves are created by the
gravitational forces between the moon
and the earth, so no matter how much
of it you use, it will always remain
there as long as the moon stays where
it is. Hence tidal energy
is renewable energy. It is renewable.
it's based on the Tidal movement of
Sea.
There are no current tidal power plants in
South East Asia