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ADVANCING TIDAL RESOURCE MODELLING FOR THE UK
The need to increase energy security and provide sustainable energy generation has never been greater. To date, advances within the tidal energy industry have been on marine renewable innovation with a primary focus on proving a tidal technology from concept to small scale operation and demonstration devices.
The UK is currently a global leader in marine energy with ground breaking test facilities and more installed devices than the rest of the world. The next phase for this sector is the race to overcome the complex engineering challenges presented by installing the first tidal energy arrays. SMARTtide will help to maximise tidal energy potential within the UK continental shelf
SMARTTIDE (SIMULATED MARINE ARRAY RESOURCE TESTING) In this context, HR Wallingford and the Energy Technologies Institute (the ETI) launched SMARTtide in 2013. SMARTtide is a unique 2D tidal energy modelling tool
designed for use by the tidal energy industry. One of the immediate uses of the powerful suite of models is to identify the most efficient sites for tidal energy converters, tidal arrays or tidal barrage schemes around the UK and French coastlines.
THE MODELLING TOOL WILL HELP DEVELOPERS IDENTIFY THE MOST EFFICIENT SITES FOR TIDAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS. THIS EXAMPLE SHOWS PEAK CURRENT SPEEDS IN THE WATERS AROUND ALDERNEY IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.
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