Tidal power development -- A realistic, justifiable and topical problem of today
- Hydroproject Association, Moscow (Russian Federation)
Modern tidal power plant designs have shown that with the use of large single-basin schemes, tidal power can be integrated with other forms of power generation. Tidal power is an environmentally benign means of producing electricity, particularly during off-peak demand. A number of tidal power schemes have been evaluated. These include Cumberland (1.4 Gigawatts (GW)), Cobequid (4.4 GW) in Canada; Sevrn (8.6 GW), Mersey (0.7 GW), Wyre (0.06 GW) and Conwy (0.03 GW) in Great Britain; Tugur (6.8 GW) in Russia and Garolim (0.5 GW) in South Korea. These schemes ar opening up future prospects for very large scale opportunities which could have global importance, for example, the transmission of 24 GW of electricity from tidal power plants in Great Britain to Europe. Another example is the potential transmission of 87 GW from Penzhinsh tidal power plant in Russia.
- OSTI ID:
- 147938
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950103-; ISSN 0885-8969; TRN: 96:005760
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Vol. 10, Issue 3; Conference: Winter meeting of the IEEE Power Engineering Society, New York, NY (United States), 29 Jan - 2 Feb 1995; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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