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Chul Hee Jo, Su Jin Hwang and Kang Hee Lee
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DOI:10.17265/1934-8975/2015.04.005
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ABSTRACT
After the nuclear power plant accident in
Japan, Korean government has set the national goal to produce the electricity
by renewable energy sources up to 11% by 2035 which is not easy to achieve
without ocean energy development. The demand on the clean energy supply has
been increased recently and there are many renewable energy development
projects and plans announced worldwide. The ocean energy can be produced from
tidal current, wave, tidal barrage and ocean thermal sources. The first step is
to estimate the resource assessment for each energy source. There are several
assessment methods introduced from IEA (International Energy Agency), IRENA (International
Renewable Energy Agency), NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), EU ERENE (European Community
for Renewable Energy), Bonn University, DLR (German Aerospace Center), etc.. Even these known methods have some sort of
similarity; there are different definitions and classifications among them. In
this paper, the four-step
energy potentials are defined and introduced as theoretical, geographical,
technical and market potentials. The theories for each step are presented for
ocean energies together with clear definitions. As the tidal current energy
research and development are active in Korea having very strong tidal current
speed along the west and south coastal regions, the detail procedure for each
step of energy potential assessment is introduced for tidal current energy. The
paper will illustrate the case study of tidal current power assessment in
western coastal region, South Korea with highlighting the key aspects in
determining the resource potentials.
KEYWORDS
TCP (tidal current power), resource assessment, API (averaged power intercepted), tidal current farm planning
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