State of the art for tidal currents electric energy resources

Author

Aly, Hamed H. H. ; El-Hawary, M.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS, Canada

fYear

2011

fDate

8-11 May 2011

Abstract

Renewable energy is an effective and clean source of supplying electrical loads especially in remote and rural areas. In this paper we discuss tidal in-stream energy as it relies on the same technologies developed from offshore wind turbines for generating electricity at offshore sites. In particular, we survey the tidal in-stream technologies, challenging issues, various types of generators, their dynamic modeling, grid integration performance, and finally the new research issues.

Keywords

electric generators; electricity supply industry; load (electric); power grids; renewable energy sources; tidal power stations; wind turbines; clean source; dynamic modeling; electrical loads; generator; grid integration performance; offshore wind turbines; remote area; renewable energy; rural area; tidal currents electric energy resources; tidal in-stream turbine technology; Blades; Generators; Power systems; Rotors; Tides; Wind turbines; Tidal in-stream power; doubly fed induction generators; permanent magnet synchronous generator; power system modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2011 24th Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Niagara Falls, ON

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9788-1

Electronic_ISBN

0840-7789

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2011.6030636

Filename

6030636