Subject:- Renewable Energy Sources

Topic:- Geothermal Energy

Difficulty:- Medium

• It is site specific and the tidal energy can be recovered economically on the locations where the tidal range is 5m or more.
• The availability of tidal energy is variables thus the power generation is highly fluctuating in nature.
• Turbines are needed which can operate with fluctuating heads.
• The marine life and ecology is affected in the region where the tide plants are located. It also affects the navigation system.
• In order to handle large volume flow rates of tidal water at low heads, tidal plants need to operate with several turbines in parallel.
• Sea water is corrosive.