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Fascinating article about #TidalPower from #TimeMagazine in July.
“A rising tide lifts all the grids”
https://time.com/6189832/ocean-tide-energy/
“The idea is simple. First, tides. They rise and fall predictably, relentlessly driven by the gravitational pull of the moon. Those traits combined make the tide an attractive proposition for powering the grid. ‘The sun doesn’t always shine; the wind doesn’t always blow,’ notes Simon Forrest, the CEO of Scotland-based tidal-power producer Nova Innovation. But with tidal, he says, ‘we can tell you how much we will be generating two minutes past 3 in the morning a month from now, five years from now.’”
#imageAltText: Waves crash against the cliffs of the Orkney Islands, whose unique geography has made it a global hub for title power.