Oceanflow Energy has just deployed a 1:10 scale "Evopod" device in Strangford Narrows, presumably a hop and skip away from MCT's SeaGen device. The Evopod is a semi-submersible, moored energy converter which floats and yaws to optimise turbine alignment with tidal flow.This company's been below the radar a bit, but seems to be making good technical progress. It's leading light is Graham Mackie, last seen as Technical Director at Wavegen, and founder of renewable energy consultancy Overberg (which has now morphed into Oceanflow.
Looking at Oceanflow's website, it appears that the plan is to develop a 1.5 MW evopod design.
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