It’s estimated that we could (practically) capture enough tidal energy to power all homes in the United States TWICE over – but we can only manage a tiny fraction of that right now. For a planet that is 70% water, why is this technology still so far behind other renewables? Are things about to change?

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Reporter: Aditi Rajagopal
Camera and video editor: Henning Goll
Supervising editor: Kiyo Dörrer, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Joanna Gottschalk

Special thanks for the background interviews:
Lisa MacKenzie and Matthew Finn, The European Marine Energy Centre
Andrea Copping, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Thomas Adcock, Oxford University

Read More:

IEF on Tidal Power:
https://www.ief.org/news/tidal-power-is-finally-making-waves

Tidal Energy Outlook:
https://www.irena.org/publications/2020/Dec/Innovation-Outlook-Ocean-Energy-Technologies

How tides work:

All about tidal range:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/tidal-range

All about tidal stream:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/tidal-stream-generator

00:00 Intro
00:49 What are tides again?
01:58 How does tidal power work?
02:59 Tidal range power
06:15 Tidal stream turbines – the new kid on the block
07:36 A barrage of costs
09:31 What about the environment?
11:08 Conclusion
Video Rating: / 5

Tidal power converts the energy from the natural rise and fall of the tides into electricity.
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