An Assessment of the Tidal Energy Potential Deploying a Tidal Current Turbine at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
Received: 1 January 2026 | Revised: 3 February 2026 and 12 February 2026 | Accepted: 13 February 2026 | Online: 23 February 2026
Corresponding author: Pankaj Warak
Abstract
The present study evaluates the feasibility of deploying a Horizontal-Axis Tidal Turbine (HATT) at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to extract tidal energy from tidal currents and estimate the output power using a simulation of the turbine. Parameters such as tidal speed, depth, and flow direction are considered for the MATLAB simulation of a tidal current turbine. The latter estimates a daily output of 50–100 kWh per turbine, which is suitable for deployment in small to medium-scale energy systems. These findings demonstrate the potential of electricity generation from tidal current speed at JNPT.
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