Persian gulf: Important resource of tidal energy for electrical
power generation
Accepted 11th April, 2013
Mohammadreza Azimi1 * and Mofid Gorji-Bandpy2
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tabiat Modares
University, Tehran, Iran, 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Babol
University of Technology, Babol, Iran.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
m_r_azimi1991@yahoo.com
Renewable energies, such as energies of wind and river flow, are
systems originating intermittently from solar energy and are
generally considered as nonpolluting fuels. It should be
mentioned that these energies are renewed by sun and are
unlimited. Due to the fact that there is no tide in the Caspian
Sea in the northern part of Iran, the researchers focus on the
southern Coast of Iran: the Persian Gulf. Tidal generation has a
significant advantage over many other forms of renewable
generation as it is almost perfectly forecast able over long
time horizons. Thus, incorporating tidal generation into an
electricity system should be less challenging than other forms
of renewable generation which are relatively unpredictable. In
this paper, we discussed about the capacity benefit of tidal
generation in the Persian Gulf.
Key words:
Persian Gulf, renewable energy, tidal energy, current
energy, Iran.
Mohammadreza Azimi and Mofid Gorji-Bandpy (2013). Persian gulf: Important
resource of tidal energy for electrical power generation. Acad. J. Environ. Sci.
1(4): 061-065.
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