Appraising the extractable tidal energy resource of the UK's western coastal waters
by Nick Yates, Ian Walkington, Richard Burrows, and Judith Wolf
Philosophical Transactions AVolume 371(1985):20120181
February 28, 2013
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Possible modes of operation of a tidal barrage or lagoon together with an illustration of a turbine caisson.
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Potential tidal barrages considered in the Joule project and the west coast two-dimensional model's computational grid overlaid upon colour-coded bathymetry (water depths).
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Zero-dimensional modelling of energy generation, showing the Matlab GUI developed as part of the Joule study.
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Two-dimensional modelling: snapshots of tidal motions with northwest barrages operating, showing tidal direction and wetting and drying.
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Spring tide power pulses from conjunctive operation of the five barrages in ebb (1×DoEn) mode.
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Power pulses from the conjunctive operation of the pilot farms (Mersey 20 MW; Lynmouth 30 MW; Skerries 10.5 MW; west Wales 8 MW).
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Demonstrating the need for simulations of multiple schemes operating in conjunction.
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Triangular area within which the 6 GW tidal stream farm is located (maximum tidal velocities shown are for the unmodified tides).
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Bathymetry for the area within which the tidal stream farm is located; the black vertical line shows the transect used to estimate kinetic energy flux through the region.
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Peak tidal velocity difference (modified less unmodified).
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Impacts of large-scale tidal stream extraction: 6 GW off the IoM—effect on mean tidal amplitudes.
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Effect of the 7.2 GW Solway Firth barrage on mean tidal amplitudes.
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Energy pulses from five west coast barrages (1×DoEn ebb mode) and the IoM 6 GW tidal stream farm: neap tides.
Nick Yates et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120181
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Energy pulses from five west coast barrages (1×DoEn ebb mode) and the IoM 6 GW tidal stream farm: spring tides.
Nick Yates et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2013;371:20120181
©2013 by The Royal Society