Tidal power is a way to generate clean, renewable energy by harnessing the rise and fall of ocean tides. Unlike wind and solar power, tidal power is predictable on a regular basis.

Combining wind turbines with wave, solar and tidal devices on shared platforms reduces construction costs, improves stability ...

Tidal power, also called tidal energy, is a form of hydropower that converts the energy of tides into electricity or other useful forms of power. The first large-scale tidal power plant (the Rance ...

Ocean currents and tidal flows don’t just push water. They shape where fish go. Around powerful tidal sites like Canada’s Bay ...

A turbine designed to generate electricity from the tides at Scotland’s north coast was revealed by its developer, Atlantis Resources. The unveiled giant dynamo will be the first of four to be ...

In the quest for oil-free power, a handful of small companies are staking claims on the boundless energy of the rising and ebbing sea. The technology that would draw energy from ocean tides to keep ...

The world’s coastlines are quietly holding one of the most disruptive energy shifts of the century. Tidal and wave technologies promise not just another clean power option, but a way to turn the ocean ...

"During the early hours of this morning … our tidal stream array off the coast of the Pentland Firth became the first tidal stream array in the world to generate 50GWh of electricity," Graham Reid, ...

Last week, about 200 people gathered in Eastport, Maine to dedicate the first tidal-power project in the country that will convey electricity to the power grid. The Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project ...

Now is the time on Do the Math when we scan the energy landscape for viable alternatives to fossil fuels. In this post, we’ll look at tidal power, which is virtually inexhaustible on relevant ...

Maine’s Public Utilities Commission approved the first long-term deals for purchasing power from a grid-connected tidal energy plant with ratepayer funds in the United States last week. “Today is a ...