GEMET
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Environmental
Thesaurus
energía de las mareas
Definition

Mechanical power, which may be converted to electrical power, generated by the rise and fall of ocean tides. The possibilities of utilizing tidal power have been studied for many generations, but the only feasible schemes devised so far are based on the use of one or more tidal basins, separated from the sea by dams (known as barrages), and of hydraulic turbines through which water passes on its way between the basins and the sea.

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Concept URL: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/8475