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誰: cheaper/renewabk WayS to produce( ア :/ ag we haYe had success using wind turbimnes_to_
larneSS wind energy CuSimg_solar_panels_tO Overt energy from the sun/ Another energy SOurCe
that is getting more and Tore_attention_3e_tidal_powey/ which uses underwater.turbimeS ネo_Capture
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has rarely been_utij ed-trtttHnomW.
TO 86 However。 development/costs haye-eeme-dowm_recently, and
technological improvements have made tdal power 8eneration easible.in more locatiorts_than_before-.
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e world's_largest underwater turbine Was installed_off the . coast of Scotland. /Designe -by
antis OUTC( こ 1 1800_tons, iS Over 22 meters 0 a r f
.コ8 meters. It is estimated that the.( ょdouble-turbine AK-1000 will initially produce 1 megawa大of_
energy。 or enough energy to power_about_1.000 homesS_By 2020)( ヵ ), engimeers_estimate that the-、
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Despite its 1 an energy《 キ ),many_queStions remaim abo jabザ idal poweW- For
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fhaf- its-turbine any_wildiifeJ but it wil やe neCessary_to_monitor_the_actual-
impacf on sea ITe. Also, (he best sites for idalpowertendLto_have the biggest waves_aad{ ケ )currentsy
making it di7culf もoistall and maintain equipment、 At their site of the coaSt of northerm Scotland,
engineers workimg on the AK-1000_can-expect-rough_Seas_and-an average temperature of eleven
degrees CelsiuS. 6
The ( コ ) of gdal power iS still umcl 1 and poliey: YS wi sely_watching
the AKc1000.to see w er tidalpower.can become.a mainstrearrSouree-of renewable-ene
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