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Abstract:

The objectives for this project are:

To conduct an environmental impact assessment of the TidEl tidal stream generator.

To design, assemble and install a full-scale 1MW rated TidEl equipment.

To operate the equipment for up to 12months including a winter period.

To develop and evaluate installation, maintenance and decommissioning techniques.

To prove the economic viability of TidEl.

Tidal energy is a largely untapped natural renewable energy resource and approximately 92% of available UK tidal energy resource exists in deep water.

SMD Hydrovision (SMDH) is a company with over 30 years experience designing subsea machinery and has developed the TidEl concept to exploit this resource.

TidEl consists of a pair of turbine/generators that are fixed together by a cross beam and secured to the seabed using a novel mooring system.

It is planned in this project to install a 1MW TidEl device at the EMEC facility off Eday in the Orkney Isles in 2006, where it will be subject to extensive testing over a prolonged period.

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Publication Year:

2005

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Department of Trade and Industry

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