Originally Posted By: Pistol
there was a tide project in Maine that just left.... sometimes back in the late 50's maybe early 60's " Quaddy tide project" I always wondered why it was dropped?


It was dropped becuase oil was $25 barrel. Oil at $100 per barrel makes tide power looks a whole lot sweeter.

There are all kinds of tide enery pilot projects testing now - and in the Netherlands there are tide plants which are totally operational.

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