Tidal range energy resource and optimization - Past perspectives and future challenges

Neill, Simon P., Angeloudis, Athanasios ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5021-3643, Robins, Peter E., Walkington, Ian, Ward, Sophie L., Masters, Ian, Lewis, Matt J., Piano, Marco, Avdis, Alexandros, Piggott, Matthew D., Aggidis, George, Evans, Paul, Adcock, Thomas A.A., Zidonis, Audrius, Ahmadian, Reza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2665-4734 and Falconer, Roger ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5960-2864 2018. Tidal range energy resource and optimization - Past perspectives and future challenges. Renewable Energy 127 , pp. 763-778. 10.1016/j.renene.2018.05.007

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Abstract

Tidal energy is one of the most predictable forms of renewable energy. Although there has been much commercial and R&D progress in tidal stream energy, tidal range is a more mature technology, with tidal range power plants having a history that extends back over 50 years. With the 2017 publication of the “Hendry Review” that examined the feasibility of tidal lagoon power plants in the UK, it is timely to review tidal range power plants. Here, we explain the main principles of tidal range power plants, and review two main research areas: the present and future tidal range resource, and the optimization of tidal range power plants. We also discuss how variability in the electricity generated from tidal range power plants could be partially offset by the development of multiple power plants (e.g. lagoons) that are complementary in phase, and by the provision of energy storage. Finally, we discuss the implications of the Hendry Review, and what this means for the future of tidal range power plants in the UK and internationally.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering Advanced Research Computing @ Cardiff (ARCCA)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0960-1481
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	27 June 2018
Date of Acceptance:	2 May 2018
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 21:47
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/112777

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