Tidal power has been around on a commercial scale since 1966. Yet, compared to wind and solar, it doesn't even show up on the radar. The reason being that there are less than 10 tidal power stations running at the moment worldwide with the majority being very small-scale.
However, all that is about to change. India has just announced plans to start building a 50 MW scheme which can be scaled up to 200 MW+. South Korea are also planning several "large projects" of their own, including a 1 GW tidal barrage. And the go-ahead was given for a 400 turbine tidal farm off Scotland in the Pentland Firth last year.
It looks like tidal power is finally on the up.
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