KEYNOTE
The 10th Iranian Conference on Renewable Energy & Distributed Generation – ICREDG 2023
Mohamed Benbouzid, IEEE Fellow
University of Brest
UMR CNRS 6027 IRDL – Institut de Recherche Dupuy de Lôme, Brest, France
Mohamed.Benbouzid@univ-brest.fr

Title:

Marine Renewable Energies Grid Integration: Current Issues and Challenges

ABSTRACT: The world wide potential of electric power generation from marine tidal currents and waves is enormous. High load factors resulting from the fluid properties and the predictable resource characteristics make these energy resources attractive and advantageous for power generation and advantageous when compared to other renewable energies with unpredictability in availability. The technologies are just beginning to reach viability to make them potential commercial power sources. While just a few small projects currently exist, the technology is advancing rapidly and has huge potential for generating bulk power. Moreover, international treaties related to climate control and dwindling fossil fuel resources have encouraged harnessing energy sustainably from such renewable sources. Several demonstrative projects have been scheduled to capture tidal and wave energies. A number of these projects have now reached a relatively mature stage and are close to completion.
Regarding this emerging and promising area of research, this presentation aims to address the key issue of grid connection while presenting some solution based on different storage technologies.

Mohamed Benbouzid received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, Grenoble, France, in 1994 and the Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches degree from the University of Amiens, Amiens, France, in 2000.
After receiving the Ph.D. degree, he joined the University of Amiens where he was an Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering. Since September 2004, he has been with the University of Brest, Brest, France, where he is a Full Professor of electrical engineering. Prof. Benbouzid is also a Distinguished Professor at the Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China. His main research interests and experience include analysis, design, and control of electric machines, variable-speed drives for traction, propulsion, and renewable energy applications, and fault diagnosis of electric machines.
Prof. Benbouzid is an IEEE Fellow and a Fellow of the IET. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Energy Conversion and the Applied Sciences (MDPI) Section on Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. He is a Deputy Editor for the IET Renewable Power Generation.