Who's here

You’ll be in good company if you choose to develop your wave and tidal technology in Scotland. Many Scottish and international companies are already developing exciting technologies here.

The Saltire Prize has been designed attract more innovative and international technolgies to Scotland.

Saltire Prize who's here

Companies who are already part of the wave and tidal energy sector in Scotland include:

  • Pelamis Wave Power - developed the world’s first commercial scale machine to generate electricity into the grid from offshore wave energy, currently developing the P2 wave device for E.ON and ScottishPower Renewable
  • Voith Hydro Wavegen – part of German company Voith Hydro, developed the Land Installed Marine Powered Energy Transformer (LIMPET) and are developing a 4 MW active breakwater turbine device on the Isle of Lewis
  • Aquamarine Power – using Oyster wave power technology to convert nearshore energy into clean, sustainable electricity, currently developing the 2.4 MW Oyster 2 and together with SSE renewable has secured a Crown Estate lease for a 200 MW wave farm in Scottish waters
  • OpenHydro – in 2008 became first company to connect a tidal device to the UK grid, recently received Scottish Government funding to develop a second generation, grid connected tidal device
  • Hammerfest Strøm UK – joint venture between ScottishPower and Norwegian tidal operator Hammerfest Strøm, set to deploy a one MW tidal device at Orkney’s European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and has received a research and development grant from the Scottish Government
  • Scotrenewables – awarded £1.8 million Scottish Government funding through the WATERS grant scheme to develop a second generation, grid-connected tidal device
  • Tidal Generation Limited (TGL) – developing a one MW fully submerged tidal turbine that will generate enough electricity to power 650 homes, along with innovative concepts for deep water installation and maintenance
  • Nautricity – developed the CoRMaT contra-rotating tidal generator, developed by Stratchclyde University researchers and suitable for water depths of 8 metres to 500 metres
  • Atlantis Resources Corporation – successfully deployed the AK1000 tidal turbine – the world’s largest rotor diameter tidal turbine – in 35 metres of water at EMEC with the potential to power 1000 homes

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