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4. Tidal energy
4.1 Tidal power plants
The reference tidal power plant to date is the one commissioned in 1966 on France's La Rance estuary, between Saint-Malo and Dinard (figure 9 ). It consists of a dam across the estuary, housing 24 4-blade bulb turbines, 5.3 m in diameter, each rated at 10 MW, and capable of operating at a very low head of just one metre.
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Bibliography
Websites
French legislative and regulatory framework on water and hydropower https://www.senat.fr/leg/ppl20-508.html
Events
CIGB-ICOLD biannual conference: HYDRO2009 International Conference and Exhibition, Lyon, France, October 26-28, 2009.
SHF events on water and hydropower http://www.shf.fr/
Regulations
WFD or Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) of October 23, 2000, published in the OJEC of December 23, 2000.
And his chemical daughter directives:
Directive 2006/118/EC of 12 December 2006 on the protection of groundwater, published in the OJEU on 27/12/2006;
Directive 2008/105/EC of December 16, 2008 laying down environmental...
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Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive list)
Comité International des Grands Barrages (CIGB)/International Commission On Large Dams (ICOLD) http://www.icold-cigb.net/
French Committee for Dams and Reservoirs http://www.barrages-cfbr.org/
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