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A review of the UK and British Channel Islands practical tidal stream energy resource
A recent collaboration with researchers across the UK has resulted in a recent article that is published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society A. The study was led by Danny Coles of the University of Plymouth. The study has contributed to the overall discussion about the potential of tidal stream energy, and has already been discussed within the House of Commons, promoting measures to support the tidal energy industry.
Tidal Stream vs. Wind Energy: The Value of Cyclic Power when Combined with Short-Term Storage in Hybrid Systems
A new study in Energies led by Dr Danny Coles (University of Plymouth) demonstrates attributes of tidal energy that are attractive when combined with battery storage. The predictability of tidal energy is shown to deliver remarkable advantages towards efforts to reduce reliance to fossil fuel alternatives. This work has been an outcome of a collaboration including Zoe Goss of Imperial College London and Dr Jon Miles of the University of Plymouth
Evaluating the eutrophication risk of an artificial tidal lagoon
A new study in the Ocean & Coastal Management journal documents results from our simple approach on evaluating the eutrophication risk of an artificial tidal lagoon. The work was led by Dr Margaret Kadiri and Holly Zhang of King’s College London, in collaboration with Prof Matthew Piggott from Imperial College London.
Modelling an energetic tidal strait: investigating implications of common numerical configuration choices
Our latest study for 2021 published in the Applied Ocean Research journal documents our recent work on the calibration of coastal ocean models for tidal energy sites. The work was led by Lucas Mackie, in collaboration with Prof Matthew Piggott from Imperial College London, Dr Paul Evans from Intertek Energy & Water, Dr Magnus Harrold from the ORE Catapult and Prof Tim O’Doherty from Cardiff University. The study uses observed data from the Ramsey Sound in Wales and we are examining how well a depth-averaged model can reproduce the conditions, before dismissing results on the grounds of 3-D limitations.
The potential for tidal range energy systems to provide continuous power: a UK case study
A study published in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering on our recent work on the operation capabilities of tidal range energy systems. The work was led by Lucas Mackie, in collaboration with Daniel Coles from Plymouth University and Matthew Piggott from Imperial College London. The study refines our tidal power plant optimisation framework to consider multiple schemes cooperating to maximise the value of the overall tidal range system. The study highlights the potential but also the limitations of the technology due to the nature of the resource
Modelling the impact of tidal range energy on species communities
A study published in Ocean & Coastal Management expands on our recent ecohydraulics applications. The work was conducted jointly with researchers led by Dr Jon Hill from the University of York. The study employs our estuarine modelling to extract information that can be correlated with the behavior of sensitive marine species. A machine learning technique (MaxEnt) is in turn applied to predict changes in their habitat distribution.
On the potential of linked-basin tidal power plants: An operational and coastal modelling assessment
Our recent work on the operational modelling and the optimisation of linked-basin tidal energy systems has now been published in Renewable Energy. The work was a result of a joint effort with researchers of the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College London.
Fate of large scale vortices in idealised tidal lagoons
Our paper on tidal lagoon vortices with Carolanne Vouriot, Stephan Kramer and Matt Piggott reports on some insights about the evolution of shallow water vortices and how these are affected by friction, bathymetry and coastal bathymetry. The paper is open access funded by NERC and EPSRC and is accessible at Environmental Fluid Mechanics.