Title :
Cheap electricity from French tides: The sea has demonstrated both friendly and adverse effects during the 14-year history of the Saint Malo plant
Author_Institution :
Electricite de France, Paris, France
Abstract :
The unrelenting power of sea tides is driving turbogenerators in Northwest France and helping to produce enough electricity to supply an average French town with a population of 120 000. Nearly 500 million kilowatthours are being produced annually at a plant in the Rance estuary near Saint-Malo (Fig. 1).
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.1980.6330264
