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RE: Tidal energy

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UK tidal power has huge potential

The UK is underestimating the amount of electricity that could be generated from tidal sources, new research says.
The analysis says that estuary barrages and tidal streams could provide more than 20% of the nation's demand for electricity.
Despite high costs, experts say tidal power is more reliable than wind.
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Major tidal energy scheme set for waters off Islay

A major tidal energy project is to be built in the Sound of Islay off the west coast of Scotland.
The Scottish government is to approve plans for 10 tidal turbines, which will generate enough electricity to power more than 5,000 homes.
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A new company, Kepler Energy Limited, has been formed to develop a tidal turbine which has the potential to harness tidal energy more efficiently and cheaply, using a device which is simpler, more robust and more scaleable than current designs.
The turbine is the result of research in Oxford University's Department of Engineering Science by Professor Guy Houlsby, Professor of Civil Engineering, Dr Malcolm McCulloch, head of the electrical power group, and Professor Martin Oldfield, Emeritus Professor of the thermofluids laboratory.
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Tidal energy turbine

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Tidal energy