National geodatabase of tidal stream power resource in USA

Zafer Defne; Kevin A. Haas; Hermann M. Fritz; Lide Jiang; Steven P. French; Xuan Shi; Brennan T. Smith; Vincent S. Neary; Kevin M. Stewart

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2012.02.061

National geodatabase of tidal stream power resource in USA

Zafer Defne, Kevin A. Haas, Hermann M. Fritz, Lide Jiang, Steven P. French, Xuan Shi, Brennan T. Smith, Vincent S. Neary, Kevin M. Stewart

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Abstract

A geodatabase of tidal constituents is developed to present the regional assessment of tidal stream power resource in the USA. Tidal currents are numerically modeled with the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) and calibrated with the available measurements of tidal current speeds and water level surfaces. The performance of the numerical model in predicting the tidal currents and water levels is assessed by an independent validation. The geodatabase is published on a public domain via a spatial database engine with interactive tools to select, query and download the data. Regions with the maximum average kinetic power density exceeding 500 W/m ² (corresponding to a current speed of ∼1 m/s), total surface area larger than 0.5 km ² and depth greater than 5 m are defined as hotspots and documented. The regional assessment indicates that the state of Alaska (AK) has the largest number of locations with considerably high kinetic power density, followed by, Maine (ME), Washington (WA), Oregon (OR), California (CA), New Hampshire (NH), Massachusetts (MA), New York (NY), New Jersey (NJ), North and South Carolina (NC, SC), Georgia (GA), and Florida (FL).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3326-3338
Number of pages	13
Journal	Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Volume	16
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2012.02.061
State	Published - Jun 2012

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This study was supported by the Department of Energy, Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program award number DE-FG36-08GO18174. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Energy.

Keywords

GIS
Numerical modeling
Resource mapping
Tidal currents
Tidal energy

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