Open AccessDevelopment of Ocean Energy Technologies: A Case Study of China
Author(s) -
Guodong Qin,
Ping Lou,
WU Xianglian
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advances in mechanical engineering/advances in mechanical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.318
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1687-8140
pISSN - 1687-8132
DOI - 10.1155/2013/941781
Subject(s) - marine energy , china , energy (signal processing) , energy development , economic shortage , tidal power , environmental science , energy distribution , energy conservation , meteorology , environmental resource management , engineering , geography , marine engineering , physics , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , government (linguistics) , electrical engineering
For the energy shortage in China's coastal areas, which has exerted severe impact on economy development, a growing number of attentions have been paid to ocean energy utilization. In this paper, a review of related researches as well as development of ocean energy in China is given. The main part of this paper is the investigation into ocean energy distribution and technology status of tidal energy, wave energy, and thermal energy, especially that of the tidal energy and wave energy. Finally, some recommendations for the future development of ocean energy in China are also provided. For further research in this field and development of ocean energy utilization in China, this review can be taken as reference