期刊
RENEWABLE ENERGY
卷 85, 期 -, 页码 580-587出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.07.016
关键词
Tidal stream arrays; Tidal energy; Tidal phasing; Tidal model; NW European shelf seas
资金
- EPSRC SuperGen project [EP/J010200/1]
- SEACAMS project - European Union's Convergence European Regional Development Fund [80284]
- EPSRC [EP/J010200/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/J010200/1] Funding Source: researchfish
In addition to technical and economic constraints, tidal energy leasing is generally governed by demand for sites which contain the highest tidal streams, and does not take into account the phase relationship (i.e. the time lag) between sites. Here, the outputs of a three-dimensional tidal model are analysed to demonstrate that there is minimal phase diversity among the high tidal stream regions of the NW European shelf seas. It is therefore possible, under the current leasing system, that the electricity produced by the first generation of tidal stream arrays will similarly be in phase. Extending the analysis to lower tidal stream regions, we demonstrate that these lower energy sites offer more potential for phase diversity, with a mean phase difference of 1.25 h, compared to the phase of high energy sites, and hence more scope for supplying firm power to the electricity grid. We therefore suggest that a state-led leasing strategy, favouring the development of sites which are complementary in phase, and not simply sites which experience the highest current speeds, would encourage a sustainable tidal energy industry. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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