PROJECT OVERVIEW

The waters around Scotland are widely acknowledged to be some of the most energetic in the world and with up to 25% of Europes tidal energy resource Scotland has the potential to make a significant contribution to its electricity demand from tidal power. Scotland has the potential to become a world leader in terms of tidal energy but there are many constraints in the marine environment, both technical and policy related, that may limit the resource. This project will investigate to what extent policy and technical constraints limit the resource and will develop a site selection methodology to identify viable sites. GIS mapping techniques have been used to identify constrained marine regions around Scotland and to give a clearer idea of the accessible resource. Once a greater picture has been achieved, this site selection methodology can be used to investigate the feasibility of tidal farm phasing.

 

PROJECT OBJECTIVES:

  • To produce a methodology for tidal site selection
  • To Identify potential locations in Scotland where it is feasible to implement tidal power farms .
  • To investigate the feasibility of tidal farm phasing in Scotland
  • To provide an economic analysis of tidal power schemes at chosen sites

 

PROJECT DELIVERABLES:

  • Interactive GIS Maps to identify feasible tidal sites based on applied constraints.
  • Tool to demonstrate the viability of tidal site phasing
  • Development of a open information website

 

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ACADEMIC SUPERVISOR

INDUSTRY CONTACT

Professor Joseph A. Clarke
Cameron M Johnstone
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Nautricity Limited
University of Strathclyde
5 St. Vincent Place
James Weir Building, 75 Montrose Street, Glasgow G1 1XJ
Glasgow, G1 5GH
E-mail: joe@esru.strath.ac.uk
E-mail: cameron@esru.strath.ac.uk