Development of marine energy in New Zealand
Research and reports
25 March 2009
The Electricity Commission (EC), Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) and Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) want to address the potential development of marine energy generation in New Zealand.
This study reviews the current state of domestic and international marine energy technologies and their development and deployment.
New wave and tidal/ocean current energy resource assessments have been undertaken by integrating new mapping of the resources with the performance characteristics of modelled wave and tidal/ocean current devices to derive the potential electricity generation from device arrays at promising sites.
