Blog: Royal Society: New research in tidal current energy

The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Journal have dedicated an entire Theme Issue to tidal energy: ‘New research in tidal current energy’. The issue compiles a number of papers highlighting not only the huge potential of tidal energy, but also the significant progress that has been achieved in tidal energy developments in recent years.

The research presented covers the key focal points of international research, such as turbine design, performance and optimization, tidal resource assessment, array design and wake interactions, while the methodology of the work encompasses numerical modelling, experimental studies as well as field measurements.

The articles are available here: Theme Issue: ‘New research in tidal current energy’, February 28, 2013; 371 (1985)