Marine Current Turbines
Speaker: Martin Wright, MD, Marine Current Turbines Limited
Date 30 October 2008
Time
19.00 for 19.30
Location
Quay Arts
Sea Street
Newport Harbour
Isle of Wight
PO30 5BD
About this event
Marine Current Turbines work much like submerged windmills, but are driven by flowing water rather than air. They can be installed in the sea at places with high tidal current velocities, or in places with fast enough continuous ocean currents, to take out copious quantities of energy from these huge volumes of flowing water. The technology being deployed by MCT, known as “SeaGen” consists of twin axial flow rotors of 15m to 20m in diameter, each driving a generator via a gearbox much like a hydro-electric turbine or a wind turbine.
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Cost
Free of charge.
Programme
19.00 - Networking/Tea
19.30 - Lecture starts
Poster
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Organiser
IET Solent Network Isle of Wight Section