• Academic publication

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

Vennell R, Major R, Zyngfogel R, Beamsley B, Smeaton M, Scheel M and Unwin H (2020)
Renewable Energy

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

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