Wave-tank testing and experimental Validation

Preliminary wave-tank testing was performed in 2016 at the Plymouth University Ocean Basin facilities. Following an analysis of this data, it was decided that additional wave tank testing was required to optimise the turbine design before detailed design could commence. Wave tank testing was completed in February 2019. This led to a press release to announce a breakthrough in the development of the world's first wave and tidal energy turbine, following the successful completion of our wave tank testing programme at the HR Wallingford facility in Oxfordshire, UK.

As a result of this testing programme, we significantly improved tidal energy performance by elevating the rotor axle height, lengthening the turbine blade and adding a base plate. Crucially, this aligned the tidal aspect of our turbine design with HYLOW, a programme by Southampton University to research 200-year-old floating-watermill technology.

From a wave-energy perspective, our technology remains unchanged. Performance data from Aalborg University, as applied in Wave Dragon, remain directly relevant to assessing our turbines’ wave-energy performance.

Our turbine's patented design differs from HYLOW and Wave Dragon by its capability to convert wave energy, tidal energy or a combineation of both into electricity with a single rotor. It should also be noted that while operating, our turbines will recover floating debris, including plastic, in line with the aspirations of Sky Ocean Rescue and the WWF. In summary, "renewable energy funds ocean clean-up."