The Tide Is Turning For Renewable Energy

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Commercialisation of predictable tidal power generation is becoming a reality with the signing of international production licences for the ‘SeaUrchin’ marine power generator.

The owner of the patented technology, Elemental Energy Technologies Ltd, has issued exclusive independent licenses for the manufacture and distribution of the SeaUrchin for China, South Korea, Japan, India, ASEAN and the African Union.

The SeaUrchin marine power generator is the result of development by a diverse Australian-lead international engineering team.

“Prototypes have been designed, manufactured and tested by a collaboration of engineering organisations based in Newcastle, Australia and Pune, India.

“Our licensees in these key markets have the resources and expertise to take the technology to the next stage of full commercial deployment”, said EET chairman, Kim Lyle.

“As a company whose core business is devising innovative renewable marine energy technology, we have focused on the principle that the keys to successful commercialisation lie in the timely delivery of a superior product that outperforms all current alternatives at the lowest capital, installation, operating  and maintenance costs.

“The SeaUrchin has been designed to become a commercially viable alternative to existing coal and nuclear powered utilities.  The SeaUrchin is ecologically sound.  It can’t be seen from the shoreline and has little environmental impact on either the sea floor or marine life”, he said.

EET says their “Third Generation” SeaUrchin technology addresses the known problems of previous designs and adds clever solutions to maximise power extraction from free flowing water, including ocean currents, tides, rivers or canals.

“Now  there is a renewable energy solution that overcomes the fundamental limitations of technologies which are dependent on changeable weather patterns such as solar or wind”, he added.

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