UK Tidal, Wave, Wind Power Maps

UK Tidal, Wave, Wind Maps

See the power visually with these colourful maps.

"A project commissioned by BERR in 2007 has taken the existing UK Marine Renewable Energy Resources Atlas forward. This new stage of development for the Atlas has enabled an enhanced definition of the primary resource variables and is now a product that is being made more accessible though a webGIS interface. The charts in the Atlas indicate the distribution of potential resource for the future deployment of renewable energy technologies – wind, wave and tidal. The project team was led by ABP Marine Environmental Research and included the providers of major marine data holdings (Met Office and Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL))."
http://www.renewables-atlas.info/index.asp


Wave Power - useful for surfers..


Tidal Power


Wind Power

ArcServer is used to process the geospatial data (cells) and export the results into Excel Format.

GIS Data is downloadable in ESRI Shapefile or MapInfo .tab formats
http://www.renewables-atlas.info/downloads.asp

Map Help
http://www.renewables-atlas.info/Help/Default.htm

East Coast England Flood Map

East Coast England Flood Map


Source: BBC News/Environment Agency/Science Media Centre


Flood warnings are in place in Norfolk and Suffolk in eastern England, as a tidal surge builds in the North Sea.


Why is this happening?


Source: BBC News/MetOffice

• Prevailing SW winds carry depression to NW Scotland
• "Mean" current forces surge to right of wind direction
• If low also moves east, surge is forced southwards
• Shallower seabed means surge elevations higher in southern parts of North Sea
• Spring Tides

Full Story on the BBC News Website

Has this happen before?
Yes in 1953 but with out the technologies in weather and sea surges prediction caused widespread flooding.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/1953_flood.shtml