Tidal Current Energy Technologies

New research in tidal current energy.

In order to meet our aspiration for energy security, reducing dependence on finite and polluting fossil fuels and to combat climate change, we need to exploit as many of the available natural and sustainable resources within our planet as possible. The oceans, which cover more than two-thirds of our planet, offer an incredible store of energy. One of the forms of energy within our oceans is tha...

Can Tidal Current Energy Provide Base Load?

Tidal energy belongs to the class of intermittent but predictable renewable energy sources. In this paper, we consider a compact set of geographically diverse locations, which have been assessed to have significant tidal stream energy, and attempt to find the degree to which the resource in each location should be exploited so that the aggregate power from all locations has a low variance. An i...

Characteristics of Tidal Energy

Harnessing Tidal Energy Using Vertical Axis Tidal Turbine

An overview of the current design practices in the field of Renewable Energy (RE) is presented; also paper delineates the background to the development of unique and novel techniques for power generation using the kinetic energy of tidal streams and other marine currents. Also this study focuses only on vertical axis tidal turbine. Tidal stream devices have been developed as an alternative meth...

Mathematical Problems of Tidal Energy

1. Tidal energy. Recent studies of alternative energy sources have embraced a number of "exotic" forms such as solar, wind, geothermal or tidal energy. Here we shall examine recent developments in the mathematical understanding of tides and tidal power, with particular reference to the Bay of Fundy in eastern Canada which has the highest tides and may be the test site for further development of...