4. Tidal energy
4.1 Tidal power plants
The reference tidal power plant to date is the one commissioned in 1966 on France's La Rance estuary, between Saint-Malo and Dinard (figure 9 ). It consists of a dam across the estuary, housing 24 4-blade bulb turbines, 5.3 m in diameter, each rated at 10 MW, and capable of operating at a very low head of just one metre.
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