Fusion News: Daily Fusion- Tidal Energy Technology Helps Predict Storm Surges
SMARTide, originally commissioned to identify the most efficient sites for tidal energy converters, now helps to predict storm surges. The recent severe flooding around the UK coast is a reminder of the risks caused by storm surges and the necessity of predictive tools. As reported by Daily Fusion in the article “Tidal Energy Technology Helps Predict Storm Surges:”
“Parts of the UK have recently experienced some of the highest storm surges since 1953,” says Graham Siggers, hydrodynamics and metocean group manager at HR Wallingford. “The challenge is to be able to provide accurate simulations of such events, either for forecasting, development planning, or to inform risk assessments. When it comes to simulating the local effects of storm surges, we have now further developed SMARTtide, a state of the art predictive tool originally set up for tidal resource assessment, to model storm surges in UK waters.”
