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Flow to where?

Low tide only occurs twice a day.




Other pools, which you then empty on low-tide. That way you can start draining your main pool as soon as high-tide is reached - you don't need to wait for low-tide. With a set of pools you can keep draining 24 hours a day.


Schemes such as this have been proposed, see the Swansea Tidal Lagoon [0]. The bottom line is that they are crazy expensive for the power they deliver and just don't compete against other renewables.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_Lagoon_Swansea_Bay


> Schemes such as this have been proposed

Lol well if you knew that then why did you ask me to explain it?




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