The town of Hammerfest, Norway, has become the first
municipality in the world to generate electricity from the ocean
tides, according to Yes! (Spring 2003). The Arctic
coastal town has installed a 220-ton turbine on the ocean floor
that will generate an estimated 300 kilowatts of electricity
year-round, enough to power 1,000 homes.
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