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

Simon  Neill; Athanasios  Angeloudis; Peter Robins; Ian Walkington; Sophie  Ward; Ian  Masters; Matt  Lewis; Marco Piano; Alexandros  Avdis; Matthew  Piggott; George Athanasios Aggidis; Paul Evans; Thomas  Adcock; Audrius Zidonis; Reza  Ahmadian; Roger Falconer

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2018.05.007

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

Simon Neill, Athanasios Angeloudis, Peter Robins, Ian Walkington, Sophie Ward, Ian Masters, Matt Lewis, Marco Piano, Alexandros Avdis, Matthew Piggott, George Athanasios Aggidis, Paul Evans, Thomas Adcock, Audrius Zidonis, Reza Ahmadian, Roger Falconer

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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 oset 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	763-778
Number of pages	16
Journal	Renewable Energy
Volume	127
Early online date	7/05/2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.05.007
Publication status	Published - 11/2018

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Neill, S., Angeloudis, A., Robins, P., Walkington, I., Ward, S., Masters, I., Lewis, M., Piano, M., Avdis, A., Piggott, M., Aggidis, G. A., Evans, P., Adcock, T., Zidonis, A., Ahmadian, R., & Falconer, R. (2018). Tidal range energy resource and optimization - past perspectives and future challenges. Renewable Energy, 127, 763-778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.05.007

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