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Tidal & Ocean Current Energy

Tidal & Ocean Current Energy

2024
EMERGING TECH
Offshore Renewable Energy Production & Storage Technologies

Tidal energy technologies are the closest to-market ocean energy solutions with a convergence to horizontal axis technology devices.   Tidal currents are the result of the ocean water mass response to the interaction between the Moon, the Sun and the Earth. Their magnitude depends on the distance of the Sun and Moon from the Earth.


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