Tidal power-a major prospect for the 21st century (Royal Society Parsons Memorial Lecture)

摘要

This paper provides a fascinating review of the worldwide prospects for tidal power. My inter- est began in the late 1950s when the official view at HR Wallingford was that the science of sediment transport was inadequate for assess- ing the effects of a tidal power scheme in the Severn. Forty years later both science and Technology have progressed to the stage when There can be full confidence in proceeding, as The author implies.