Tidal Power

Chris Webber
• Tidal power is dependant on tides
created by the moons gravitational
pull on the earth
Potential

• Places with highest tidal range

Bay of Fundy, gulf of Kutch in India
Types of Tidal Power
Generation
• Barrages
• Tidal Streams
Tidal Barrage

• Turbines
• Sluice gates
• Embankments
Bulb Turbine
Straflo or Rim Generator
Turbine
Tubular Turbine
Benefits

• Renewable
• Can help protection of ports in
storms
• Can help navigation for shipping
• Reliable, more so than solar or wind
Environmental factors

• Change in currents
• Change in sediments
• Salinity and quality of water
• Migratory species
Tidal streams

• Instead of damming estuaries the

tidal currents are harnessed using
wind like turbines
Main methods of current
generation
• Marine current generator
• Stingray
• Tidal fence
Benefits of Tidal stream

• Far less intrusive

• Can generate same amount of power
as wind with smaller blades moving
slower due to density of water
• More available sites
• More reliable than wind
• Usually less expensive than barrage
Problems

• Fouling
• Relatively new technology
• Don’t get the funneling effect of
barrages
Questions
Bibliography

• Boyle, Godfrey.(2004) Renewable Enegy, Power

for a Sustainable Future. World wide: Oxford
University Press
• Tidal Power, Wikipedia. Accessed Mar. 19 from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_power
• Tidal Power. Accessed Mar 20
from:http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_s
ites/01-02/RE_info/Tidal%20Power.htm