Evopod™ is a semi-submerged, floating, tethered tidal energy capture device. It uses a simple but effective mooring system that allows the free floating device to maintain optimum heading into the tidal stream.
04/02/2013
Oceanflow Development Limited is delighted to have secured a 7 year lease from The Crown Estate on an area of seabed in Sanda Sound, South Kintyre. The lease will allow Oceanflow to deploy and test its Evopod™ floating tethered tidal stream turbine at the site from 2013.
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29/08/2012
Oceanflow Development Limited has been successful in winning WATERS-2 (Wave and Tidal Energy R&D Support) funding from Scottish Enterprise for the development of a twin-turbine variant of its floating, tethered Evopod™ technology.
23/08/2012
Alex Salmond, Scotland's First Minister, viewed Oceanflow's mono-turbine E35 when opened TRESTA – The Renewable Energy Skills Training Academy. TRESTA is based within the premises of Steel Engineering's Renfrew facility where Oceanflow's E35 unit is under construction.
12/05/2012
Oceanflow Development has awarded the contract to fabricate and assemble the first community scale grid connected version of its floating tethered tidal turbine to Steel Engineering in Renfrew.
12/10/2011
Oceanflow moved a step closer to delivering a community scale tidal power project in Scotland today after reaching an Agreement for Lease with The Crown Estate for a test site in Sanda Sound, South Kintyre.
04/04/2011
On the 6th of March 2011 Evopod™ successfully exported electricity to the shore via our innovative midwater buoy solution and fed power into the grid for the first time.
18/08/2010
UK Deputy PM Nick Clegg, discussed the award winning Evopod™ technology with us during his recent visit to the North East.
6/07/2010
Oceanflow has been awarded just over £500,000 to build and deploy a 35kW Evopod™.