Marine power promises predictable, reliable, clean energy, and there are also some tempting targets for development. The Pentland Firth, which separates the Orkney Islands from the north coast of Scotland, for example, is estimated to contain 60 gigawatts of energy as the Atlantic Ocean is pushed into the North Sea at high tide. Similarly energetic tides exist in New Zealand, Ireland, and Canada.
Efforts to harness the sea for electricity generation are still in their infancy, though. A wide range of devices and methods have been proposed; many have been tested in controlled conditions, such as marine engineering tanks. A few have even made it as far as sea trials.
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