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Best podcasts about tidal power

Latest podcast episodes about tidal power

Living Through Extinction
111 Orca Update

Living Through Extinction

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 19:08


Be Skeptikal Dammit:  Truth is Simple Environment:  Tidal Power Researched:  Orca Update Positive:  Capybara Foster Mom References: https://www.energy.ox.ac.uk/news_items/could-the-uks-tides-help-wean-us-off-fossil-fuels/   https://abcnews.go.com/International/pod-killer-whales-attacks-sinks-50-foot-yacht/story?id=110226518   https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/world/africa/orcas-sink-yacht-gibraltar.html   https://www.businessinsider.com/orca-attacks-polish-yacht-sinking-it-morocco-killer-whales-2023-11   https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/killer-whales-dramatic-behavior-2023-rcna128353   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_orca_attacks#:~:text=Over%20250%20boats%20have%20been,into%202022%2C%20with%20207%20interactions.   https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/25/orcas-boats-rammings-scientists-open-letter-aoe   https://www.newsweek.com/killer-whale-attack-boats-scientists-spain-1535219   https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/cheesecake-the-capybara-fosters-puppies   https://www.thedodo.com/capybara-best-friends-animals-2326399131.html   https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/cheesecake-the-capybara-is-the-worlds-best-puppy-foster-mom/

Business Daily
Is tidal power a viable energy source?

Business Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 18:26


The Pentland Firth is the strait that lies between the far north of mainland Scotland and the Orkney Islands. It's a wild area with some of the fastest tides in the world, where the power of the sea is being harnessed by tidal turbines sitting on the sea bed.But this type of green energy is still very expensive to generate - so what is the future of tidal and wave power? We explore some of the ground breaking projects being developed in the region and speak to companies who are trying to reduce costs to make the energy more viable. Produced and presented by Theo Leggett(Image: A MeyGen turbine being installed on the sea bed. Credit: MeyGen)

Funraveled: A news podcast for kids, by kids
Funraveled S3 Episode 10 - TikTok, Saturn's moon Mimas, and a tidal power generator

Funraveled: A news podcast for kids, by kids

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 6:50


In this episode, Amani and Lauren talk about the recent news on TikTok, a new discovery with Saturn's moon Mimas, and two fun stories.

The Climate Question
Tidal power: What's holding it back?

The Climate Question

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2024 27:02


Lake Sihwa in South Korea is home to the world's largest operating tidal power station, using the tides to generate enough power for a city of half a million people. This regular rise and fall of the seas is more predictable than sunny or windy weather and can be forecast years in advance. Nine thousand miles away in Northern Ireland is Strangford Lough. A narrow inlet leading to the mighty Atlantic Ocean means it's one of the world's best sites for harnessing tidal energy. The fast and strong currents have led to the world's first commercial-scale tidal energy power station being built here. But now that's being decommissioned.The technology for harnessing tidal energy has been around for more than half a century and the potential to create energy from the sea is huge. Yet tidal power only accounts for a tiny proportion of the global renewable energy mix. Presenter Graihagh Jackson finds out what's holding tidal power back. Thanks to our contributors: Rémi Gruet, CEO of Ocean Energy Europe Dr Carwyn Frost, Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast Choi Jae-baek, Senior Manager of K-water Email: theclimatequestion@bbc.com Presenter: Graihagh Jackson Reporters: BBC's Jordan Dunbar in Norther Ireland and freelance journalist Malene Jensen in South Korea Producer: Ben Cooper Researcher: Octavia Woodward and Shorouk Elkobrosi Editor: Alex Lewis Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell

Still To Be Determined
182: Waving Hello to Wave Power

Still To Be Determined

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023 24:29


https://youtu.be/Cj9VE-SdAtMMatt & Sean talk about wave energy generators and how they could play an important role in the future of energy production. Watch the Undecided with Matt Ferrell episode, How Wave Power Could Be The Future Of Energy https://youtu.be/FxdbD-N7pHE?list=PLnTSM-ORSgi4dFnLD9622FK77atWtQVv7YouTube version of the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/stilltbdpodcastGet in touch: https://undecidedmf.com/podcast-feedbackSupport the show: https://pod.fan/still-to-be-determinedFollow us on Twitter: @stilltbdfm @byseanferrell @mattferrell or @undecidedmfUndecided with Matt Ferrell: https://www.youtube.com/undecidedmf ★ Support this podcast ★

The fairly lame. Podcast
Canada's Animal Testing Ban, Tidal Power Turbines, Mexican Grey Wolf Pup Release, & More! I Ep. 44

The fairly lame. Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2023 9:26


Canada has banned animal testing for cosmetics, tidal power turbines can generate electricity without restricting water flow, 16 Mexican Gray Wolf pups successfully accepted by a wild pack, & more! These are some of the stories I go over in this week's episode of The fairly lame. Podcast, your home of good environmental news! Head over to Instagram for daily good news stories that I don't cover in the podcasts! All fairly lame.'s links: https://linktr.ee/fairlylame 4ocean Green Sea Turtle Spotlight: Use Code “FAIRLYLAME” For 20% Off! https://www.4ocean.com/blogs/cause-of-the-month/cotm-green-sea-turtles rfsn=6871293.82d94d8&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=6871293.82d94d8 This Week's Topics! (0:00) Canada Bans Animal Testing For Cosmetics! (1:46) Ex-blast Fishermen Now Repairing Coral Reefs! (2:59) Tonga's Wave Energy Plan! (4:29) Tidal Power Turbines! (5:33) 16 More Mexican Grey Wolf Pups Released! (6:47) Lions Returning To National Parks After Being Absent For Decades! (7:54) Canada Bans Animal Testing For Cosmetics! https://worldanimalnews.com/victory-canada-officially-bans-cruel-cosmetics-testing-on-animals/ Ex-Blast Fishermen Now Repairing Coral Reefs! https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/06/09/meet-the-ex-poachers-restoring-the-indonesian-coral-reefs-they-destroyed https://reefbuilders.com/2018/10/05/spider-frame-technique-restore-reefs/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/40155824_An_Economic_Analysis_of_Blast_Fishing_on_Indonesian_Coral_Reefs Tonga's Wave Energy Plan! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-23/tonga-looks-to-wave-power-park-as-renewable-energy-source/102497360 Tidal Power Turbines! https://newatlas.com/energy/orbital-o2-tidal-turbine/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d9zs0W9u2A 16 More Mexican Grey Wolf Pups Released! https://defenders.org/blog/2023/06/partnership-wins-wildlife-conservation https://www.fws.gov/story/cross-fostering-101 Lions Returning To National Parks After Being Absent For Decades! https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/return-of-the-lions-large-protected-areas-in-africa-attract-apex-predator/

Manx Radio's Mannin Line
Lack of leisure facilities, prisoner training, overgrown hedges in Onchan, tidal power, Electoral Commission meeting tonight & Assisted Dying Bill opinion. It's Mannin Line with Andy Wint #iom #manninline #manxradio

Manx Radio's Mannin Line

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2023 51:07


Lack of leisure facilities, prisoner training, overgrown hedges in Onchan, tidal power, Electoral Commission meeting tonight & Assisted Dying Bill opinion. It's Mannin Line with Andy Wint #iom #manninline #manxradio

More or Less: Behind the Stats
Halving inflation, Scottish tidal power and have 1 in 3 women had an abortion?

More or Less: Behind the Stats

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 31:22


One of Rishi Sunak's five priorities for 2023 is to halve inflation. Given prices are still rising, we discuss whether it's going be possible. Also does Scotland have more tidal power capacity than the rest of the world combined, as has been claimed? We look at competing claims about how prepared the NHS was before the pandemic, ask whether scrapping VAT on products like tampons and e-books has actually benefitted consumers and look at the claim that one in three women in the UK has had an abortion.

Witness History
World's first tidal power station

Witness History

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2023 8:59


The world's first tidal power station is on the estuary of the River Rance in France. It was opened in 1966 by President Charles de Gaulle and has been capturing the natural power of the oceans' tides and turning it into electricity ever since. Alex Collins hears how the project to build it was a cause for national pride and how the facility is now a tourist attraction, as he speaks to Brittany historian Marc Bonnel. (Photo: La Rance tidal power station. Credit: Getty Images)

Farming Today
22/11/22 - A shortage of daffodil pickers, pheasant shooting and tidal power in The Wash

Farming Today

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2022 13:15


Flower growers in Cornwall are warning that they'll have to leave crop to rot in January, because there won't be enough people to pick it. This year, for the first time, they were able to get seasonal staff via the Temporary Workers visa - there were 38,000 of these 6 month visas which allow workers from abroad to come onto farms, and a further 2,000 visas for poultry staff. But next year flower growers say the visa scheme will open too late for the early Cornish season, where harvest starts straight after New Year. An updated risk assessment of the impact game bird releases have on avian flu in wild and kept birds, is being launched by the Government's Animal and Plant Health Agency. The review has been jointly commissioned by DEFRA, and the Welsh and Scottish Governments. At the moment in England, all captive birds must be kept housed, but under the rules, once game birds have been released, they are classed as wild birds so don't have to be shut inside. Tens of millions of young pheasants are raised every year and released into the wild for driven shoots, across the UK. And plans have been unveiled for an 11 mile-long tidal barrier across the Lincolnshire/Norfolk Wash. The two billion pound proposal includes a container port and renewable energy schemes and claims it could create thousands of jobs. But conservationists have raised concerns about its potential impact on habitat for birds and marine life, in a designated Special Area of Conservation. Presented by Anna Hill Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons

This Day in Maine
November 1, 2022: Mainers could get a say on foreign influence in ballot campaigns; The promise of tidal power in Eastport

This Day in Maine

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 16:07


This Day in Maine for Tuesday, November 1st, 2022.

The Ian King Business Podcast
Continued mini-budget fallout, tidal power and business solutions to wildfires.

The Ian King Business Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 51:09


Mortgage lenders react to the new chancellor's mini-budget, a look at how the pound is performing, an analysis of NASA's asteroid hit and a start-up that's tackling wildfires.

BBC Inside Science
The Ebb and Flow of the Tidal Power Revolution

BBC Inside Science

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2022 43:50 Very Popular


This week, we begin with a disturbing medical mystery. Since the start of the year, almost 200 children worldwide have fallen ill with hepatitis—or liver inflammation—without any apparent cause. Most of the children are under five, and nearly half of the cases were in the UK. Vic Gill asks clinical epidemiologist Deepti Gurdasani, Queen Mary University of London, what we do and don't know about these rare cases. Also on the programme, with a huge tidal range, Wales and the west coast of England have become the focal point for a new generation of tidal power plans. So, is the tidal energy revolution finally happening? Roger Falconer, Emeritus Professor of Water and Environmental Engineering at Cardiff University, and Andrew Scott, CEO of Orbital Marine Power, which has demonstrated a working tidal stream turbine - called O2 - off Orkney, share their insights. And fancy eating an insect burger? Or how about adding seaweed smoothies or mycoprotein meatballs to your diet? Fellow BBC science correspondent Helen Briggs shares how lab-grown proteins could make our diets much kinder to the planet. And a recent study has found that a fifth of reptile species are at risk of extinction. Conservation scientist and study co-author Monika Bohm, Indianapolis Zoo in the US, tells us how, despite the gloomy findings, she remains hopeful. Presented by Victoria Gill Produced by Alex Mansfield and Samara Linton

Manx Radio's Mannin Line
Farewell Ramsey Bakery after 50 years, geothermal energy reaction, tidal power, Nurses' Home news & Homestay deadline. It's Mannin Line with Andy Wint #iom #manninline #manxradio

Manx Radio's Mannin Line

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022 50:47


Farewell Ramsey Bakery after 50 years, geothermal energy reaction, tidal power, Nurses' Home news & Homestay deadline. It's Mannin Line with Andy Wint #iom #manninline #manxradio

Manx Radio's Mannin Line
Our Green Future 2 with Liberal Vannin's Chair & Leader, Paul Weatherall & Lawrie Hooper on our Carbon Footprint, Pulrose power, solar panels, wind turbines, CFDs, tidal power & Crogga gas. It's The Mannin Line with Andy Wint #iom #

Manx Radio's Mannin Line

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 50:19


Our Green Future 2 with Liberal Vannin's Chair & Leader, Paul Weatherall & Lawrie Hooper on our Carbon Footprint, Pulrose power, solar panels, wind turbines, CFDs, tidal power & Crogga gas. It's The Mannin Line with Andy Wint #iom #manninline #manxradio

Manx Radio's Mannin Line
51 new - now 340 cases, 8 in Nobles, 0 in ICU, nuclear power for the Island, tidal power, green energy, Nobles troubles, the wonderful Ravens of FC IOM. It's Mannin Line with Andy Wint #iom #manxradio #manninline

Manx Radio's Mannin Line

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 50:30


51 new - now 340 cases, 8 in Nobles, 0 in ICU, nuclear power for the Island, tidal power, green energy, Nobles troubles, the wonderful Ravens of FC IOM. It's Mannin Line with Andy Wint #iom #manxradio #manninline

Swiss Impact with Banerjis
Renewable Energy with Tidetec and Global Strategic Capital

Swiss Impact with Banerjis

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 89:09


Host - Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee Topic: Renewable Energy with Tidetec and Global Strategic Capital Special Guests: Daniel Brühwiler, Chief Executive Officer – Global Strategic Capital AG. Arne Kollandsrud, CEO and owner Tidetec AS The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG's worldwide to preserve the world for future generation. Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now. Arne has been working as CEO in Tidetec since 2013 and is also a co-investor in Tidetec. He has been Member of the Board in Tidetec since his father Per Kollandsrud founded the company in 2000. Arne also represents family office Kollan AS, the main shareholder in Tidetec. Arne is co-writer of the book called “Innovasjon i praksis” “Practical innovation. When Arne is not working on Tidal Power, he is often playing his trumpet. Daniel Brühwiler is Global Strategic Capital AG. CEO. He has 8 years Head of Investment Management Credit Suisse, 8 years Head Portfolio Management Bank Vontobel, 4 years CEO of Banque Pasche, and 7 years CEO of Global Strategic Capital. He launched first Solar Fund in 2008.

Still To Be Determined
74: Double Feature - Talking Space Mining and Tidal Turbines

Still To Be Determined

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 30:48


Matt and Sean talk about space mining, the costs, the challenges, and if we'll see it in our lifetimes. And we also talk about underwater turbines and how well they'll stand up to the maintenance challenges. Watch the Undecided with Matt Ferrell “Does Space Mining Solve Our Resource Problem?” episode: https://youtu.be/6Yarhdh0I4AAnd “Can Underwater Turbines Work? Tidal Power Explained”: https://youtu.be/gxR_ktz18Q0 YouTube version of the podcast: https://youtu.be/zkazXv0cpswGet in touch: https://undecidedmf.com/podcast-feedbackSupport the show: https://pod.fan/still-to-be-determinedFollow us on Twitter: @stilltbdfm @byseanferrell @mattferrell or @undecidedmfUndecided with Matt Ferrell: https://www.youtube.com/undecidedmf★ Support this podcast ★

Earth Wise
The World's Largest Tidal Device | Earth Wise

Earth Wise

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2021 2:00


Most of the world's activity in renewable energy is focused on solar and wind power.  The use of both is expanding rapidly. But there is also marine energy to be exploited.  Ocean waves and tidal movements hold huge amounts of energy.  Estimates are that the European Union could get 15% of its power from marine […]

The Climate Daily
Orbital Turbine Launches World's Largest Tidal Turbine, What the Heck Is Tidal Power, Anyway? Climate Change Futurist Rachel Armstrong, and Green Architecture

The Climate Daily

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 9:03


Orbital Turbine Launches the World's Largest Tidal Turbine, plus what the heck Is tidal power, anyway? Climate change futurist Rachel Armstrong, and what the heck is green architecture, anyway?

The Real-Time Storytime!
"Tides of War..." Real-Time Storytime

The Real-Time Storytime!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 61:53


"Tides of War" "Jimmie tells his best friend Harry a harrowing tale of blood and seduction of a beautiful 'fish woman' and her warning to him about an impending war. Humans will need to prove their place of be destroyed..." Welcome to the Real-Time Storytime Show by Robert R. Ricks. This is an interactive story experience, where you the viewer can submit Keywords/Phrases and I will try to tell a story with those words as part of the story. Tonight's keywords/phrases: 01) Jesus titty fucking 02) Taco bender 03) Oilskin nut-sack 04) Guinness Book of World Records 05) Big Papa 06) Changling 07) Tidal Power generators 08) Bloody tampon 09) Barbara Streisand 10) Vellum Body Armor http://www.realtimestorytime.com [Real-Time Storytime Official Website] https://anchor.fm/realtimestorytime [Real-Time Storytime Podcast] http://www.noveps.com [NovEps.com Website] http://www.robertrricks.com [Robert R Ricks - Author Website] https://www.tacticoolgeek.com [Tacticool Geek Online Store "Get your G33k On!"] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/realtimestorytime/support

Amazing
Tidal Power

Amazing

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 5:16


It is about Tidal Power

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Studio Energie
Afl. 42: Bas Jonkman (TU Delft) over Dynamic Tidal Power, energie winnen met dammen in de Noordzee

Studio Energie

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019 23:37


Het is een Nederlandse vinding waarmee op een heel nieuwe manier energie kan worden gewonnen. Een vinding die ook nog eens de kust beschermt, die offshore windparken overbodig kan maken en wellicht een luchthaven op zee haalbaar. Het heet Dynamic Tidal Power (DTP). China heeft al grote belangstelling, maar gaat het er ook van komen? Dat vraag ik Bas Jonkman, hoogleraar Integrale Waterbouwkunde (TU Delft), die sinds kort bij de ontwikkeling is betrokken.

James O'Brien's Mystery Hour
Will tidal power effect the moon?

James O'Brien's Mystery Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2018 43:11


If you've ever wondered "why", then this is the hour for you. Sometimes simple, sometimes intelligent, but almost always entertaining, probably the best hour of radio you could ever download!

EV News Daily - Electric Car Podcast
03 Nov 2018 | Earn Money From EVs, Tesla Stores Scottish Tidal Power and Jaguar Explains I-PACE Battery Tech

EV News Daily - Electric Car Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2018 23:51


IELTS Made Easier
IELTS Reading: Tidal Power

IELTS Made Easier

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2018 25:27


This reading gives you practice with matching statements, and it recycles key IELTS vocabulary related to renewable energy. Find the full test and explanations here: https://www.ieltsetc.com/2018/10/ielts-reading-tidal-power/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ieltsetc/message

omega tau - English only
226 - Tidal Power

omega tau - English only

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2016 95:39


226 - Tidal Power

tidal power
omega tau science & engineering podcast » Podcast Feed

Tidal power refers to extracting electrical energies out of the tide streams in oceans. Various techniques exist. Tocardo is a provider of axial turbines, and our guest, Pieter de Haas, is their CTO. In this episode we talk about tidal power in general, siting, the design and engineering of Tocardo's turbines as well as the overall economic and technical trade-offs in making the turbines work over the long run.

Exploring Environmental History
Environmental History of Tidal Power in the Severn Estuary

Exploring Environmental History

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2016 34:31


In recent decades the interest in renewable energy from sources such as wind, solar and tidal power has steadily increased. However, this interest in harnessing “mother nature’s” energy is not new. Over the past 160 years the Severn estuary has been the focus of numerous proposals to provide a transport route over the estuary, improve navigation and to exploit its large tidal range to generate electricity. As a potential source of predictable, renewable and carbon-free power with the potential to supply up to 5 per cent of current UK electricity needs, such interest is understandable. Despite its potential, the latest proposals, like all its predecessors in the past century and a half, have failed to secure government and public support to build a barrage in the Severn estuary. How is it that a barrage still hasn’t gone beyond the drawing board? And why are companies, scientists and politicians still willing to invest time, effort and money in further proposals? Alexander Portch, a PhD candidate in the Department of History at Bristol University, investigates these two questions. Although the past 150 years is the main focus, Alexander also investigates earlier efforts to harness tidal power of the Severn and how the activities of people whose lives were bound up with the estuary’s daily tides have shaped the estuary and lands bordering it. This episode of the podcast features an interview with Alexander Portch and his work on the history of the Severn Estuary. Music Credits "Stockholm" by timberman, available from ccMixter "Begin (small theme)" by _ghost, available from ccMixter "Easy Killer (DGDGBD)" by Aussens@iter, available from ccMixter

Episodes
1613 | UK invests in infrastructure to harness tidal power

Episodes

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2016 1:55


Produced and Narrated by Chuck Woodford. Written by Sonia Koetting.

Living on Earth
Living on Earth: July 8, 2011

Living on Earth

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2011 51:50


EPA's Good Neighbor Rule has wide Health Benefits / Environmental Triggers for Autism / California State Parks Face Closure Despite Innovation / Science Note/ Between Ocean and Sky / War's Toll on Afghanistan's Environment / ID That Tree / High Tide for Tidal Power?

Living on Earth
Living on Earth: July 8, 2011

Living on Earth

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2011 51:50


EPA's Good Neighbor Rule has wide Health Benefits / Environmental Triggers for Autism / California State Parks Face Closure Despite Innovation / Science Note/ Between Ocean and Sky / War's Toll on Afghanistan's Environment / ID That Tree / High Tide for Tidal Power?

Living on Earth
Living on Earth: July 8, 2011

Living on Earth

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2011 51:50


EPA's Good Neighbor Rule has wide Health Benefits / Environmental Triggers for Autism / California State Parks Face Closure Despite Innovation / Science Note/ Between Ocean and Sky / War's Toll on Afghanistan's Environment / ID That Tree / High Tide for Tidal Power?

Living on Earth
Living on Earth: July 8, 2011

Living on Earth

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2011 51:50


EPA's Good Neighbor Rule has wide Health Benefits / Environmental Triggers for Autism / California State Parks Face Closure Despite Innovation / Science Note/ Between Ocean and Sky / War's Toll on Afghanistan's Environment / ID That Tree / High Tide for Tidal Power?

Living on Earth
Living on Earth: July 8, 2011

Living on Earth

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2011 51:50


EPA's Good Neighbor Rule has wide Health Benefits / Environmental Triggers for Autism / California State Parks Face Closure Despite Innovation / Science Note/ Between Ocean and Sky / War's Toll on Afghanistan's Environment / ID That Tree / High Tide for Tidal Power?

Energy resources: tidal energy - for iBooks

The rise and fall of ocean tides result from the combined gravitational pull on water by the Moon and, to a lesser extent, bu the Sun, which exerts a force on water directed towards the two astronomical bodies. These gravitational effects combine with centrifugal forces that result from the Earth and the Moon orbiting each other to make the details of tidal changes complex. This unit considers the power of the ocean tides as a potential source of useable energy and whether or not they can ever make any significant contribution to global energy supplies. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on LearningSpace, part of OpenLearn, a collection of open educational resources from The Open University. Published in ePub 2.0.1 format, some feature such as audio, video and linked PDF are not supported by all ePub readers.

Planet Forward
Hang Ten! Tidal Power (Webisode 207)

Planet Forward

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2010 3:53


Are you ready to ride the waves? Planet Forward Intern Dave Raish shows us a video – with a nifty animation – that explains how one utility plans to harness the most reliable resource on Earth – the tides. By connecting two tidal turbines – think underwater windmills – to the grid, Craig Collar of Snohomish PUD is investigating the potential of tidal power. Currently, there are only 40 sites on the planet that meet the right conditions to even generate tidal energy. Watch the webisode and then weigh in…do you think tidal power will sink or swim as a viable alternative energy option?

Ask the Naked Scientists
Soap, Water and Tidal Power

Ask the Naked Scientists

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2009 32:32


How do facial scrubs work to remove spots and oil from our skin? does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Why do we not make more use of tidal power? We take on these questions in this week's show as well as reveal why we faint, how close our genes are to our ape ancestors and what legionnaires diseases is and how to prevent it. Plus we discuss the effects of obesity on our health and whether our organs are unique to each individual! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Ask the Naked Scientists Podcast
Soap, Water and Tidal Power

Ask the Naked Scientists Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2009 32:32


How do facial scrubs work to remove spots and oil from our skin? does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Why do we not make more use of tidal power? We take on these questions in this week's show as well as reveal why we faint, how close our genes are to our ape ancestors and what legionnaires diseases is and how to prevent it. Plus we discuss the effects of obesity on our health and whether our organs are unique to each individual! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

V-RADIO
V-RADIO: Tidal Power a reality! Verdant Power interview!

V-RADIO

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2009 60:00


This Friday 5PM ET on V-RADIO we will have Trey Taylor from Verdant Power. This company was featured on "Big ideas for a small planet" and has made tidal power a reality. http://www.verdantpower.com/ Looking forward to a great interview and a great show. I plan to take callers and feel free to call in!