Tidal Notes and References

References and Notes

There are very interesting overlaps of information often presented in visual maps, diagrams and presentations such that although one topic is being given prominence, other topics are peeking out from behind it. Also, the interplay between topics virtually presents itself. Tides and gravity, continental heating and rainfall distribution, continental layouts and oceanic currents, many topics are closely related.

What is a Tide

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide

Tidal Dance

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/Global_surface_elevation_of_M2_ocean_tide.webm/Global_surface_elevation_of_M2_ocean_tide.webm.1080p.vp9.webm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arvOgLpfucE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RdkXs8BibE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwChk4S99i4

General Statistics

Global Tidal estimated at 2.7TW to 3TW

World Energy & Climate Statistics – Yearbook 2022

https://yearbook.enerdata.net/total-energy/world-consumption-statistics.html

https://www.enerdata.net/about-us/

World Consumption

Year 2022 approx 14,000Mtoe = 5.86e20J

Mtoe Wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonne_of_oil_equivalent

1toe = 41.87 GJ

1toe = 11.63 MWh

Net electricity consumption worldwide in select years from 1980 to 2019

https://www.statista.com/statistics/280704/world-power-consumption/

https://www.statista.com/aboutus/

2020 approx 25K TWh = terawatt-hours = 9e19J

1 TWh = 1,000 GWh = 1,000,000 MWh = 1,000,000 000 kWh.

1 TWh = 3.6e15 J

1 TJ = 0.278 GWh.

Human Energy Consumption and the Anthropocene Epoch

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-00029-y

General Information about Tidal Energy

Wiki on Tidal Power

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_power

NASA Moon and Tides - nice diagrams

https://moon.nasa.gov/moon-in-motion/tides/

National Ocean Service NOAA - Tides and Water Levels

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_tides/tides03_gravity.html

Freedom Sailing Scotland - The gravitational pull of the moon

http://freedomsailingscotland.com/5c-the-gravitational-pull-of-the-moon/

Open University Tidal Energy

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=2347&printable=1

Lehigh University - Tidal Energy

https://ei.lehigh.edu/learners/energy/tidal1.html

https://ei.lehigh.edu/learners/energy/tidal2.html

Britannica - Tidal Power 2016

https://www.britannica.com/science/tidal-power

https://eapsweb.mit.edu/people/selin

Noelle Eckley Selin author of article

Worldwide tidal 3TW

Annual tidal is therefore 31,536,000 times this as J or times 8760 as Wh.

Annual tidal is 94e6 TJ or 9.4e19J or 26K TWh

Typical coal fired unit 550MW

Global annual electricity consumption 21K TWh , now 25K TWh in 2020.

Tidal stream power estimated at 3.8K TWh per year

Worldwide wind 500GW

Tidal barrage potential 400GW

National Geographic - General Information

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/tidal-energy

Manoa Hawaii

https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/physical/tides/tide-formation-and-gravitational-pull

SciJinks

https://scijinks.gov/tides/

Wiki on Amphidromic Points

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphidromic_point

Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia

https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/fundy_max

Tidal Power in the General Media

Sky News Tidal 2022

https://news.sky.com/story/strong-tides-along-uk-coast-could-create-electricity-for-less-than-cost-of-nuclear-12648308

CNBC on Orbital Marine Power O2 2MW

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/28/worlds-most-powerful-tidal-turbine-starts-to-export-power-to-grid-.html

Marine-i, funded by European Regional Development Fund, in turn funding Isles of Scilly Community Venture,

Planet A Energy and Waves4Power 1 year research

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/15/archipelago-to-explore-potential-of-wave-tidal-floating-wind-power.html

Port of London Authority Thames

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/12/londons-river-thames-set-to-trial-new-tidal-energy-technologies.html

Simec AR500 10MW turbine installed off Naru in Goto chain in Japan

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/15/a-tidal-turbine-built-in-scotland-is-now-producing-power-in-japan.html

Simec Atlantis Energy Ltd. stock price

https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/SAE-GB/

An actual marine energy generator company selling shares.

Tidal Energy, Wench Chen Stanford Uni 2010

http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2010/ph240/chenw1/

Short article

Guardian Article 2018

Does the Moon hold the key to the Earth’s energy needs?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/04/does-the-moon-hold-the-key-to-the-earths-energy-needs

Anglesey Minesto £25M array for low tidal.

Ocean Energy Systems, 25 countries consortium.

0.75TW by 2050 approx twice current nuclear production.

Wind and Solar still only 10% of global electricity demand.

GE and EDF Sea Floor Tidal 2015

https://www.ge.com/news/reports/moon-power-is-here-first-subsea-tidal-power

General Electric designing and building a full scale turbine for EDF

Europa 2020

Tidal flows generate huge potential for clean electricity

https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/projects/success-stories/all/tidal-flows-generate-huge-potential-clean-electricity

International Energy Forum, 71 member countries

https://www.ief.org/news/tidal-power-is-finally-making-waves

UK has 10GW potential

Scotland has 5GW potential

European Marine Energy Centre in Scotland

Oxford Uni Report 2013

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.2013.0072

Pentland Firth 1.8GW potential, range is 1.9 to 3.3GW

1kW/m2 with a range down to 1/3 of that with tides.

International Energy Authority

https://www.iea.org/reports/ocean-power

https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020

Basic message that all who can should increase marine generation

Example of a Malaysian Study

https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2016/01/matecconf_ses2016_02008.pdf

Ocean Energy Europe

https://www.oceanenergy-europe.eu/ocean-energy/tidal-energy/

https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2020/Dec/IRENA_Innovation_Outlook_Ocean_Energy_2020.pdf

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

https://www.pnnl.gov/explainer-articles/tidal-energy

Offshore-Energy.biz

https://www.offshore-energy.biz/estimate-of-global-potential-tidal-resources/

EnviroFriendly

https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/ocean_energy/wave-and-tidal-energy-study-finds-no-20170616

Governmental Support

https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/planning-and-development/planning-and-development-advice/renewable-energy/marine-renewables

Jobs Potential

https://www.newcivilengineer.com/archive/wave-energy-offers-12000-jobs-27-08-2009/

Irish Angle

https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/atlantic-sailor-ives-makes-waves-at-open-hydro-30764621.html

New Zealand adoption

https://energydigital.com/renewable-energy/crest-energy-develop-new-zealands-first-large-scale-tidal-energy-project

Sea Faring Britain

https://www.wondriumdaily.com/seafaring-britain/

Sundry

The Bradwell Reactor in Essex

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2018-11-21/nuclear-power-plant-reaches-decommissioning-milestone

Estimation of Tidal Power Potential

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960148112005988

US Tests

https://tethys.pnnl.gov/project-sites/wave-hub

Force as a Vector

https://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/resources/uploaded/mc-web-mech1-5-2009.pdf

UK Approach

The Penguin

https://wello.eu/the-penguin-2/

https://www.power-technology.com/analysis/wave-power-energy/

https://renewablesnow.com/news/finlands-wello-initiates-wave-energy-cooperation-in-taiwan-786904/

Eday Open Hydro EMEC

https://tethys.pnnl.gov/project-sites/openhydro-emec

UK Resources

High resolution modelling of tidal resources, extraction and interactions around the UK

https://eprints.hrwallingford.com/982/1/High-resolution-modelling-of-tidal-resources.pdf

The wave and tidal resource of Scotland

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148117302082

HR Wallingford

https://www.hrwallingford.com/projects/ccra-uks-first-climate-change-assessment

Supergen

https://www.supergen-ore.net/

Primare

https://www.primare.org/

Celtic Sea Power

https://celticseapower.co.uk/about-us-3/

Renewable UK

https://www.renewableuk.com/page/WaveTidalEnergy

Marine Energy Council

http://www.marineenergycouncil.co.uk/

UK Gov Renewables

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-announces-biggest-investment-into-britains-tidal-power

Catapult Offshore

https://ore.catapult.org.uk/what-we-do/innovation/wave-and-tidal/

ABPmer Renewables Atlas

https://www.renewables-atlas.info/

UK Marine Renewables Resources

https://www.abpmer.co.uk/experience/atlas-of-uk-marine-renewable-energy-resources/

Wave Hub CETO 6

https://www.modernpowersystems.com/features/featurewaving-hello-to-wind-at-wave-hub-6749364/

Carnegie

https://www.offshore-energy.biz/carnegie-to-depoly-ceto-6-technology-at-wave-hub-uk/

Carnegie -> OZ

https://www.offshore-energy.biz/carnegie-to-introduce-ceto-6-in-albany-instead-of-wave-hub/

Renewable UK Map

https://www.renewableuk.com/page/UKMED2

Canadian Approach

Market Snapshot: Canadian tidal power capacity fourth in the world, with potential to add up to 7 000 MW more

https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-markets/market-snapshots/2016/market-snapshot-canadian-tidal-power-capacity-fourth-in-world-with-potential-add-up-7-000-mw-more.html

Inventory of Canada's Marine Renewable Energy Resources

https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/sites/www.nrcan.gc.ca/files/canmetenergy/files/pubs/CHC-TR-041.pdf

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

A review of tidal energy—Resource, feedbacks, and environmental interactions

https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0069452

Improving assessments of tidal power potential using grid refinement in the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport model

https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4926796

Marine renewables Canada

https://marinerenewables.ca/facts/tidal-energy/

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