TIDAL ENERGY

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TIDAL ENERGY
By Mrs. Hunt
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TIDAL ENERGY

• Form of water power that occurs in the ocean
• Converts the energy of tides into electricity

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TIDAL ENERGY

• Renewable resource because it can be
  replenished
• Caused by the Moons gravity which will last a
  long time

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TIDAL ENERGY

• Tidal Energy Tidal Power Ocean Energy

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TIDAL ENERGY

• Tidal energy is the result of the Moons
  gravitational attraction on Earth and the way the
  moons gravity pulls the oceans in a bulge as the
  Moon orbits Earth the tide must raise the water
  at least 10 feet

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TIDAL ENERGY

• Tidal Energy Power Plants are in Canada,
  Ireland, and France

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TIDAL ENERGY
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• http//www.marineturbines.com/21/technology/32/sea
  gen_video/

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TIDAL ENERGY
The Eling Tide Mill has been grinding grain into
flour for at least the last 940 years and is now
the only remaining working and productive
tidemill in Britain.
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TIDAL ENERGY

• ADVANTAGES

Reliable and Predictable
Clean Energy Alternative Needs no Fuel
Renewable
Water is Dense and Free
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TIDAL ENERGY

• DISADVANTAGES

Limited use and can affect fish migration
Impact on shore line
Expensive parts
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TIDAL ENERGY

• Good Alternative Energy Resource for Future