Devices
Below are links to some of the tidal energy devices available which could
potentially be deployed from our site.
There are many more, but for potential investors in Caithness, these may be of interest. For further information, please refer to the suppliers, or we can carry out a study on your behalf.
Hammerfest Strøm AS is a Norwegian tidal water energy technology company
established in 1997. The Company has since its inception been engaged in
research and development of state-of-the-art tidal energy technology, and
has obtained patents and rights to commercial use by delivering turn-key
stream turbines.
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IHC Engineering Business (EB) designs, builds and supplies, elegant
engineering solutions for the offshore oil and gas, submarine telecom,
defence and renewables industries.
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TidalStream is a partnership dedicated to furthering the responsible development of renewable energy sources. Our people were involved in the building of several of the UK's early windfarms, and in the development of many features of wind turbines in use today, and in the marine and power generation businesses.
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SeaGen is the name given to the 1.2MW tidal energy convertor that was
installed in Strangford Lough in April 2008. Sea Generation Ltd is the
project company which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marine Current
Turbines Ltd. SeaGen has been has been licensed for a maximum installed
duration of 5 years.
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Sea Snail developed by Ian Bryden of Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, is
a mobile support platform designed to hold tidal energy technology firmly on
the seabed without using complex and costly fixing technology or excessively
heavy ballast. Source: SNH conference book published in 2008 "Energy and
the Natural Heritage"
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