How is tidal energy created?
Tidal energy is made by creating a damn, also called a barrage, across the opening to a tidal basin or estuary (U.S. DOE, 2003). The tides rise and recede due to the gravitational pull that is exerted on the earth by the moon and sun. The high and low tides are created when the sun and moonÕs gravitational pull are parallel to each other. When the high and low tides occur there is the greatest potential to turn potential energy into kinetic energy. ttp://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu /fieldcourses04/PapersMarineEc ologyArticles/FinalPaperonTheP rocessofM.