BC Tidal Current Power Resources

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Triton Consultants and National Research Council, Canadian Hydraulics Centre
Publication_Date: 2006
Title: BC Tidal Current Power Resources
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Marine Atlas of Pacific Canada
Publication_Information:
Publisher:
The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA), a Tides Canada Initiatives Project
Other_Citation_Details: Funded by BC Hydro and Natural Resources Canada
Online_Linkage:
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Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA), a Tides Canada Initiatives Project
Publication_Date: May 2011
Title: Marine Atlas of Pacific Canada
Online_Linkage: www.bcmca.ca/atlas
Description:
Abstract:
This dataset illustrates the estimated potential energy resources available in tidal flows in the Canadian Pacific EEZ. The data includes 92 sites in British Columbia potential mean power greater than 1 Mean Potential Power (MW).
Purpose:
The dataset was developed as part of a preliminary tidal current resource inventory for all Canada's oceans. The dataset has been modified from the original source to only include estimates along the coast of British Columbia for the BCMCA Atlas and Marxan analyses.
The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA) is a collaborative project assembling and analyzing spatial information about Canada's Pacific Ocean. The overall goal of the BCMCA is to identify marine areas of high conservation value and marine areas important to human use. Results of the project are intended to inform and help advance marine planning initiatives in BC by providing collaborative, peer-reviewed scientific analyses based on the best ecological and human use spatial data at scales relevant to a BC coast-wide analysis.
Supplemental_Information:
The dataset was originally developed as part of a preliminary wave resource inventory for Canada's Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The estimates in this dataset are potential resources, not economically realisable resources. Energy calculations are based on preliminary estimates of existing tidal flows and no consideration has been given to the following factors: environmental impacts, technological developments and limitations in tidal power extraction, climate related factors (e.g., ice, global climate change), site location versus power grid accessibility and power demand, hydrogen economy developments, the effect of potential energy extraction schemes on existing flow conditions, and economic factors.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2006
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -133.110943
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.509622
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 55.025550
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.158530
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword: potential tidal energy resources
Theme_Keyword: ocean energy
Theme_Keyword: mean potential power
Place:
Place_Keyword: BC
Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword: 2006
Access_Constraints: Free and open access to the public.
Use_Constraints:
The Data are provided 'as is', without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, with respect to performance, quality, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Michael Tarbotton
Contact_Organization: Triton Consultants
Contact_Position: Consultant
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 604 263-3500
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mrtarbotton@triton.ca
Data_Set_Credit:
Dataset developed by Triton Consultants and the National Research Council, Canadian Hydraulics Centre. Funding for the dataset's development provided by BC Hydro and Natural Resources Canada.
NRC Contact: Andrew Cornett, Ph.D., P.Eng. Group Leader - Coastal, Ports & Offshore Canadian Hydraulics Centre, National Research Council Adjunct Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa] E-mail: Andrew.Cornett@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca Voice: 613-993-6690 Fax: 613-952-7679
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The tidal numbers are Mean Potential Power (MW). To convert these to gigawatt hours/year multiply by 8.760 or for megawatt hours/year multiply by 8760. The number of hours per year is 365x24=8760.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
This inventory was based on a variety of data sources including: Canadian Sailing Directions; nautical charts and tide books; tide and tidal current constituent data; and numerical tidal modelling data.
BC Hydro funded the original BC work (2002). Triton Consultants and Canadian Hydraulics Centre, National Research Council (CHC) have leveraged years of modelling to create this data. CHS/DFO provided charting and tide data, NOAA provided WW3 data and MEDS stores wave data.
This 2006 version of the data was used to inform CHC's section of the Canada Ocean Energy Atlas and was funded by Natural Resources Canada.
Completeness_Report:
See the Marine Atlas of British Columbia, p187, for reviewer comments and caveats of use.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Contribution:
Cornett, A. 2006. Inventory of Canada's Marine Renewable Energy Resources. Canadian Hydraulics Centre, National Research Council. CHC-TR-041. Available from <http://www.oreg.ca/web_documents/chc-tr-041.pdf>
Source_Information:
Source_Contribution:
Triton Consultants Ltd. 2002. Green Energy Study for British Columbia Phase 2: Mainland - Tidal Current Energy. prepared for BC Hydro Engineering. <http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/pubdocs/bcdocs/357590/environment3928.pdf>
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Data originated as MS Excel or excel like format and were outputted in geographic projection (WGS84) as shape (GIS) files using Manifold GIS. Data provided to BCMCA by: Michael Tarbotton, M.Sc., P.Eng TRITON CONSULTANTS LTD. Coastal, Dredging, Ocean, River and Port Engineers/Physical Oceanographers Granville Island 216-1650 Duranleau Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6H 3S4 office: 604-263-3500 mobile: 604-812-3501 fax: 604-676-2252 URL: <http://www.triton.ca> eMail: <mailto:mrtarbotton@triton.ca>
Process_Date: June 24, 2008
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Michael Tarbotton
Contact_Organization: TRITON CONSULTANTS LTD
Contact_Position: President
Contact_Address:
Address: 216-1650 Duranleau Street
City: Vancouver
State_or_Province: BC
Postal_Code: V6H 3S4
Country: Canada
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 604-263-3500
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mrtarbotton@triton.ca
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Data points were selected for 3 regions: - Vancouver Island Mainland (64) - Mainland North (17) - Queen Charlotte Islands (11) Other data points for the remainder of Canada were deleted. Data was projected to BC Albers projection
Process_Date: January 18, 2011
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Dave Nicolson
Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Contact_Position: Project Manager
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca
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Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 92
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Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
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Standard_Parallel: 58.500000
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Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 45.000000
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False_Northing: 0.000000
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Attribute_Definition: geographic region in Canada
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Attribute_Label: PROVINCE
Attribute_Definition: Province site located in
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Attribute_Definition: CHS Chart number
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA), a Tides Canada Initiatives Project
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca
Resource_Description:
Downloadable Data Free public access granted by: Melanie Nadeau, P.Eng. Manager, Marine Energy/Gestionnaire, Énergie des mers Renewable Energy Technologies/Technologies des énergies renouvelables CanmetENERGY/CanmetÉNERGIE Natural Resources Canada / Ressources naturelles Canada 580 Booth St, 13th Floor / 580, rue Booth, 13ième étage Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E4 Tel. (613) 947-2370 Fax. (613) 996-9416 Email. menadeau@nrcan.gc.ca
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Contact_Person: Dave Nicolson
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