annotations, 3 sources

Richard Akers, January, 2008 "New Tidal Power Research Initiative at Maritime Academy"
New York, United States: Marine Technology and SNAME News
This article reports of a new initiative at Maine Maritime Academy to develop a test facility for new tidal power technologies. Overall this article gives important information about the current interest in tidal technology. This article will be an extremely useful source to show that the interest in developing and testing tidal technologies is growing.

Anonymous, May 1999 Catch a Wave
United States: "Today’s Science on File"
This article gives detail on the power that resides within the ocean tides and currents. It also gives details on the types of technologies that have been develop or are in the process of being developed to harness the power of the ocean. The information in this article is very insightful. However there are other sources that have more details and that are more current.

Anonymous, December 2004 "Tidal Turbines: A new Spin on Power Production"
United States: Today's Science On File
This article is about the future installation of tidal turbines in New York’s East River. The article goes into some detail in terms on how much power the turbines will provide the city of New York. This article has good information but since it is a bit outdated it is not a reliable source. According to some other sources, the turbines that this article talks about have already been active for a couple of years.