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Tidal power in the form of Tidal Mills have been in use in Europe since the 6th century. Water is 800 times denser than air and the tides are more predictable than the winds. The large scale Tidal plant to generate electricity was opened in 1966 on the French coast. It's currently paid off and offers cheaper than nuclear electricity. The American federal government did a study to build a plant in northern Maine across the Bay of Fundy in 1924. What if the Americans and Canadians jointly developed the region for tidal electric in the late 1920s to the early 1930s. The higher cost of electricity could help cover the high capital cost. How plausible would it be for this to lead to tidal power making up 10% to 15% electricity production worldwide by 2015?
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