Research grant - tidal energy for Cook Strait?

Great to see a grant given to Otago University academic Ross Vennell to study whether placing turbines in the Cook Strait is a viable project. It will be very interesting to see the results of this work.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/7858804/Science-of-droplets-and-tides-seen-as-liquid-asset