Reliable Data Acquisition Platform for Tidal (ReDAPT)

Completed

Renewable Energy Sources(Ocean Energy)

Applied Research and Development

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences)

Not Cross-cutting

Project Contact
Alstom Ltd (UK)

Institute Project

ETI

28 July 2010

23 December 2015

65 months

£12,600,000

Power

West Midlands

Marine

Project Contact, Alstom Ltd (UK)

Project Contact, DNV GL (UK)
Project Contact, E.ON UK (formerly PowerGen)
Project Contact, EDF Energy
Project Contact, European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)
Project Contact, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML)

One of the key developments of the marine energy industry in the UK is the demonstration of near commercial scale devices in real sea conditions and the collection of performance and environmental data to inform permitting and licensing processes. The ETIs ReDAPT (Reliable Data Acquisition Platform for Tidal) project saw an innovative 1MW buoyant tidal generator installed at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney in January 2013. With an ETI investment of 12.6m, the project involved Alstom, E.ON, EDF, DNV University of Edinburgh GL, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), EMEC and the. The project demonstrated the performance of the tidal generator in different operational conditions, aiming to increase public and industry confidence in tidal turbine technologies by providing a wide range of environmental impact and performance information, as well as demonstrating a new, reliable turbine design.

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