Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has become the newest member of Ocean Energy Europe.
Based in the Isle of Wight, Sustainable Marine Energy is a developer of an integrated support structure for tidal energy convertors – PLAT-O.
PLAT-O, addresses the sectors two biggest challenges:
PLAT-O achieves this by reducing the self-drag and mass of the support structure, and enables installation and maintenance access to be undertaken without the need for heavy lifts. It is taut-moored, and positioned mid-water, utilising buoyancy to resist the thrust and drag forces induced by the tidal energy convertors and the structure.
SME’s technology offers a number of key features and benefits to developers:
Press Release, April 25, 2014; Image: SME