Tidal power captures the pull of the sun and the moon harnessing the power of the tides through underwater turbines.
The world's first commercial tidal stream power plant is being built off the west coast of Wales, which will power 5,000 homes when complete in 2010. It is going to involve the placement of turbines on the sea bed that are driven by the movement of water between low tide and high tide.
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