Water Seminar: Harnessing the Tides-Siting and Monitoring a New Technology
February 16, 2010
8:30 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.
Anderson Hall, Room 223, UW Seattle campus
The currents that result from the daily rise and fall of the tides are a potential source of clean, renewable energy for coastal communities. Tidal In-Stream Energy Conversion, or TISEC, uses submerged turbines, with no surface expression and minimal effects on the marine environment. Work is ongoing at the UW branch of the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center to establish best-practices for choosing TISEC locations and monitoring this technology. Two pilot projects in Puget Sound are proposed as early applications of this research.
The speaker, Jim Thomson, is an assistant professor in Environmental Fluid Mechanics at the University of Washington Applied Physics Lab.
For more information about this event, please contact The Water Center via email or by phone at 206.543.6920.
Additional information may be available online.
This event is open to: students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, general public.