Dynamic Tidal Power

Dynamic tidal power, or DTP, is an untried but promising technology for tidal power generation. It would involve building a long dam-like structure perpendicular to the coast, with the option of a coast-parallel barrier at its far end forming a large T shape; this long T-dam would interfere with coast-parallel tidal wave hydrodynamics, creating water-level differences on opposite sides of the barrier that would drive a series of bi-directional turbines installed within the dam. The oscillating tidal waves the design would exploit, which run along the coasts of continental shelves carrying powerful hydraulic currents, are common along coastlines including China, Korea and the United Kingdom.