Tidal Power: Proceedings of an International Conference on the Utilization of Tidal Power held May 2429, 1970, at the Atlantic Industrial Research In [Paperback]

At a time when public attention is focused on the environment, while simultaneously society is increasing at an ever-accelerating rate its demand electrical power, the possibility of utilizing the power of the oceans by for pollution free tidal power generation is most attractive. Tidal power has been used to a limited extent over several centuries but only recently has any sig? nificant effort been dedicated to realizing some of the vast potential. The first pilot project at La Rance has now been operating successfully for several years and the second experimental station using up-dated construc? tion techniques has been in operation at Kislaya Guba since 1969. These projects have contributed valuable experience and establish the technical feasibility of this important source of electrical power, while providing guid? ance in those areas requiring further development to realize economic viability. More than fifty sites can be readily identified around the world where tidal power schemes could realistically be developed. With improvements in technology, this number might well be extended by utilization of a large number of river estuaries. Such developments must be considered not only on the basis of the production of electrical power but also in respect of associated benefits. Considerable bodies of water would be partially confined, thereby improving recreational facilities as has already been experienced at La Rance.Keynote Address: Tidal Power in the Bay of Fundy.- Economics of Tidal Power.- Mathematical Model of Tidal Regimes in the Bay of Fundy.- Sedimentation Patterns in the Bay of Fundy and Minas Basin.- LUsine Mar?motrice de la Rance.- Kislaya Guba Experimental Tidal Power Plant and Problem of the Use of Tidal Energy.- Tidal Power from Cook Inlet, Alaska.- The Tidal Power Plant San Jose Argentine.- Some Considerations of a Possible New Role for Tidal Power.- Pumped-Storage Tidal Power.- The Total Contribution of Tidal Energy to the System.- Integration o