Ocean Renewable Energies Grid Integration: Issues and Challenges

The world wide potential of electric power generation from marine tidal currents and waves is enormous. High load factors resulting from the fluid properties and the predictable resource characteristics make these energy resources attractive and advantageous for power generation and advantageous when compared to other renewable energies with unpredictability in availability. The technologies are just beginning to reach viability to make them potential commercial power sources. While just a few small projects currently exist, the technology is advancing rapidly and has huge potential for generating bulk power. Moreover, international treaties related to climate control and dwindling fossil fuel resources have encouraged harnessing energy sustainably from such renewable sources. Several demonstrative projects have been scheduled to capture tidal and wave energies. A number of these projects have now reached a relatively mature stage and are close to completion. Regarding this emerging and promising area of research, this presentation aims to address the key issue of grid connection while presenting some solution based on different storage technologies.

讲座人简介：

Mohamed BENBOUZID was born in Algeria, in 1968. He received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Batna, Batna, Algeria, in 1990, the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, Grenoble, France, in 1991 and 1994, respectively, and the Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches degree, in electrical engineering, from the University of Picardie “Jules Verne,” Amiens, France, in 2000. After receiving the Ph.D. degree, he joined the Professional Institute of Amiens, University of Picardie “Jules Verne,” where he was an Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering. Since September 2004, he has been with the Institut Universitaire de Technologie of Brest, University of Brest, Brest, France, where he is a Professor of electrical engineering. Prof. Benbouzid is also a Distinguished Professor at the Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China. His main research interests and experience include analysis, design, and control of electric machines, variable-speed drives for traction, propulsion, and renewable energy applications, and fault diagnosis of electric machines. Prof. Benbouzid is an IEEE Senior Member. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Energy Conversion (IRECON). He is also an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and the IET Renewable Power Generation.

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