[International Symposium] THE CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE STATE OF TIDAL POWER GENERATION IN JAPAN

Date: 2025/11/18

Time: 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Venue: MIRAI CREA (multi-purpose space), Hiroshima University

Online Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87320380208?pwd=hlQobPSx1uHrI8Cd3prfeHTR5GFAyw.1

Language: English

Contact: Dr. Jae-Soon Jeong / jeongjs@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Contents:

• Tidal power potential, and its feasibility and viability in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan
  • Han Soo Lee, Professor, Hiroshima University
• Tidal Stream Energy: Progress, Potential and Pathways
  • Danny Coles, Senior Research Associate, University of Oxford
• The Japanese electricity grid, transmission constraints, renewable energy and curtailment
  • Miguel Esteban, Professor, Waseda University
• Optimization of tidal current energy farm layouts with an artificial neural network-assisted genetic algorithm
  • Patxi Garcia Novo, Assistant Professor, Nagasaki University
• Challenges Toward Commercializing Tidal Power Technology
  • Katsuhiro Henzan, Chief of the Business Development Department, Kyuden Mirai Energy
• Impact of Vertical Coordinate Systems on Tidal Dynamics in the Yellow Sea
  • Inseong Chang, Postdoctoral Researcher, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology

Second day (19 Nov.) – Field trip (from MIRAI CREA by a charter bus)

Place – Shimanami Islands & Kurushima Strait
【The registration for the field trip】
https://forms.gle/WckLEtvWFozTqMQo6