Rapid initial assessment of the number of turbines required for large-scale power generation by tidal currents

Highlights

• Rapid assessment of large-scale tidal turbine arrays with an existing dynamic model.
• Enabling initial assessment of many sites and farm sizes to identify a few for in depth assessment.
• A 90 MW farm with 95 turbines might be viable in Cook Strait in the near future.

Keywords

Tidal, Current, Energy, Resource, Assessment