Environmental Impact Assessment: Could energy from tides and ocean currents power Taiwan? In recent decades, scientists and engineers have been devising and testing hardware that can convert tidal and ocean-current energy into electricity. Unfortunately, Taiwan has very few bays or fjords suitable for tidal power plants, and weather patterns rule out the construction of Rance-type barrages across estuaries. Researchers say the waters around Yilan have potential for ocean-current energy. “In these places, tidal power systems may not therefore survive if a typhoon hits,” Kehr says.

Source: Taipei Times September 21, 2021 15:56 UTC