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PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics)
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences)

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Mr G Gibberd
Sea Generation Ltd

Standard

DTI

01 April 2004

30 September 2005

17 months

£357,574

Power

South West

TIDAL

Mr G Gibberd, Sea Generation Ltd

Identify suitable locations for installation of the SeaGen system.Conduct marine and geological surveys of the preferred location.Commence the consenting process and EIA for the proposed installation.Complete the concept design for the project and identify preferred component suppliers.Conduct additional testing on Seaflow to provide design input to Seagen. Total project cost = 867500, DTI grant = 357575 **** see ALSO FOLLOW-ON PROJECT T/06/00235/00/00 : SeaGen Project Phase 2: Construction and Operation

This project is the first phase of work for the SeaGen project, which is a wet renewable tidal turbine system for extracting energy from the sea s currents.Tidal turbine systems are possibly the only wet renewable project concept that can generate electricity on a predictable basis, and therefore augments the variable power generation nature of other renewable technologies. With the UK government s objectives towards sustainable energy, the Seagen concept could provide a proportion of the government s renewable energy targets.The Preliminary Works phase will identify the preferred location for the system deployment. The preferred location will then be surveyed using advance bathymetric and tidal velocity measuring techniques to quantify the tidal resource.In addition the site geological conditions will be assessed to aid in the pile foundation design which will be conducted in the next phase of the project.The consenting processwill commence. All variables associated with the system installation will be addressed and planned.The concept design will be completed to a satisfactory level.The project also allows for further instrumentation and testing of the Seaflow system, currently installed off Lynmouth in north Devon.

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