While America’s closest shot at tidal power is a 5-megawatt pilot still on paper, France has been pulling 240 megawatts out of the same estuary since de Gaulle cut the ribbon, with turbines that spin whichever way the water moves

1.0Autonotionhttps://www.autonocion.com/usLuis Reyeshttps://www.autonocion.com/us/author/luisreyes/While America’s closest shot at tidal power is a 5-megawatt pilot still on paper, France has been pulling 240 megawatts out of the same estuary since de Gaulle cut the ribbon, with turbines that spin whichever way the water movesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="yHT3NgtL3f"><a href="https://www.autonocion.com/us/america-vs-france-tidal-power/">While America’s closest shot at tidal power is a 5-megawatt pilot still on paper, France has been pulling 240 megawatts out of the same estuary since de Gaulle cut the ribbon, with turbines that spin whichever way the water moves</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.autonocion.com/us/america-vs-france-tidal-power/embed/#?secret=yHT3NgtL3f" width="600" height="338" title="“While America’s closest shot at tidal power is a 5-megawatt pilot still on paper, France has been pulling 240 megawatts out of the same estuary since de Gaulle cut the ribbon, with turbines that spin whichever way the water moves” — Autonotion" data-secret="yHT3NgtL3f" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.autonocion.com/us/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.autonocion.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Rance-tidal-power-station-aerial-768x432.jpg600338