Tidal Turbine 2D — Tidal Stream Power (2D)

Controls

Tidal amplitude: 1.5 m/s Rated power: 500 kW Cut-in speed: 0.5 m/s Time speed: 900×

Bidirectional turbine (generates on flood & ebb)

Stats

Tide phase—

Current speed—

Power now—

Peak power—

Energy generated—

Physics: kinetic power P = ½ρAv³C_p, ρ≈1025 kg/m³ (seawater is ~800× denser than air, so the same speed gives far more power than wind), C_p capped at the Betz limit 0.593. Current follows a sinusoidal M2 tidal constituent with a real 12.42-hour semidiurnal period, reversing direction (flood/ebb) twice a day.