There is a growing interest in utilizing tidal currents for power generation which has led to extensive research on this source of renewable energy. The amount of energy that can be extracted from tidal currents has been a topic of considerable interest to researchers for many years; still,...

Pacific Island Countries (PICs) have a huge renewable energy potential to meet their energy needs. Limited resources are available on land; however, large amount of ocean energy is available and can be exploited for power generation. PICs have more sea-area than land-area. Tidal current energy is...