Tidal power development-a realistic, justifiable and topical problem of today

Author

Bernshtein, Lev B.

Author_Institution

Hydroproject Assoc., Moscow, Russia

Volume

10

Issue

3

fYear

1995

fDate

9/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

591

Lastpage

599

Abstract

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; Severn (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 are 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 the Penzhinsh tidal power plant in Russia

Keywords

design engineering; power transmission; project engineering; tidal power stations; 0.03 GW; 0.06 GW; 0.5 GW; 0.7 GW; 1.4 GW; 24 GW; 4.4 GW; 6.8 GW; 8.6 GW; 87 GW; Canada; Europe; Russia; South Korea; UK; electricity production; off-peak demand; power generation; power transmission; projects; single-basin schemes; tidal power plant designs; Costs; Europe; Large-scale systems; Power & Energy Society; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power system modeling; Printing; Tides;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8969

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/60.464887

Filename

464887