Distributed hydrokinetic power generation for remote community applications in cold climates

在加拿大，84%的电力、热能和交通能源来自化石燃料；对于偏远社区，能源需求主要由化石燃料提供。能源驱动因素——导致气候变化的温室气体、石油峰值、环境排放、长期能源安全和可持续性——要求我们的社会开发一套具有成本效益的技术组合，以利用可再生能源，提高我们社区使用可再生能源的比例。本次发现基金更新中提出的活动旨在开发海洋工业所需的新技术，以实现更低的平准化成本，并解决工业所需的实际要求，为可持续社区提供河流和潮汐水动力涡轮机。将开发一种新的坚固耐用的仪器，在潜在的河流涡轮机站点测量长达2年的速度，以预测电力生产。这台新仪器将在

In Canada 84% of our energy for electricity, heat and transportation comes from fossil fuels; for remote communities, energy needs are mainly supplied by fossil fuels. Energy drivers---greenhouse gases that lead to climate change, peak oil, environmental emissions, long term energy security and sustainability---require our society to develop a portfolio of technologies that are cost effective in order to harness renewable energy and increase the percentage of renewable energy used in our communities. The activities proposed in this Discovery Grant renewal are directed towards developing novel technologies that are required by the marine industry to achieve lower levelized costs and to address practical requirements needed by the industry to provide sustainable communities with river and tidal hydrokinetic turbines. A new, rugged instrument will be developed to measure velocities for up to 2 years at potential river turbine sites to predict power production. This new instrument will be tested in-situ at the