DocumentCode
5624
Title
Tidepool power makes a surprising comeback [News]
Author
Fairley, Peter
Volume
50
Issue
7
fYear
2013
fDate
Jul-13
Firstpage
12
Lastpage
13
Abstract
Fifty years ago this July, Electricite de France began sealing off Normandy´s La Rance estuary from the sea. After three years of work, the world´s first large-scale tidal power plant was born. The station operates still, generating up to 240 megawatts of renewable power as the twice-daily tides force water in and out of the estuary through the hydroturbines seated within its 750-meter-long seawall.
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2013.6545107
Filename
6545107
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