The wave and tidal resource of Scotland

Neill, Simon P.; Vögler, Arne; Goward-Brown, Alice J.; Baston, Susana; Lewis, Matthew J.; Gillibrand, Philip A.; Waldman, Simon; Woolf, David K.

Abstract

As the marine renewable energy industry evolves, in parallel with an increase in the quantity of available data and improvements in validated numerical simulations, it is occasionally appropriate to re-assess the wave and tidal resource of a region. This is particularly true for Scotland - a leading nation that the international community monitors for developments in the marine renewable energy industry, and which has witnessed much progress in the sector over the last decade. With 7 leased wave and 17 leased tidal sites, Scotland is well poised to generate significant levels of electricity from its abundant natural marine resources. In this state-of-the-art review of Scotland's wave and tidal resource, we examine the theoretical and technical resource, and provide an overview of commercial progress. We also discuss issues that affect future development of the marine energy seascape in Scotland, applicable to other regions of the world, including the potential for developing lower energy sites, and grid connectivity.

Citation

Neill, S. P., Vögler, A., Goward-Brown, A. J., Baston, S., Lewis, M. J., Gillibrand, P. A., …Woolf, D. K. (2017). The wave and tidal resource of Scotland. Renewable energy, 114A, 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2017.03.027

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 11, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Mar 16, 2017
• Publication Date: 2017-12
• Deposit Date: Jan 6, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 9, 2020
• Journal: Renewable Energy
• Print ISSN: 0960-1481
• Electronic ISSN: 1879-0682
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 114A
• Pages: 3-17
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2017.03.027
• Keywords: Marine renewable energy; Wave energy; Tidal energy; EMEC; Pentland Firth; Scotland
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3318294
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148117302082?via%3Dihub
• Related Public URLs: https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/publications/the-wave-and-tidal-resource-of-scotland
• Additional Information: This article is maintained by: Elsevier; Article Title: The wave and tidal resource of Scotland; Journal Title: Renewable Energy; CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2017.03.027; Content Type: article; Copyright: © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.