SeaGen Project - Preliminary Works: Project Profile

Abstract:

<p>The objectives for this project are: <bl> <li>Identify suitable locations for installation of the SeaGen system.</li> <li>Conduct marine and geological surveys of the preferred location.</li> <li>Commence the consenting process and EIA for the proposed installation.</li> <li>Complete the concept design for the project and identify preferred component suppliers</li> <li>Conduct additional testing on Seaflow to provide design input to SeaGen</li> </bl></p> <p>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.<p> <p>Tidal turbine systems are possibly the only wet renewable project concept that can generate electricity on 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.</p> <p>The project also allows for further instrumentation and testing of the Seaflow system currently installed off Lynmouth in North Devon. This testing will include correlation of the turbine blade loads with the sea's current variations to verify the fatigue prediction techniques used for the SeaGen system.</p> This profile contains information on the project's: <bl> <li>Objectives</li> <li>Summary</li> <li>Contractor</li> <li>Collaborators</li> <li>Cost</li> <li>Duration</li> </bl>

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