Seeley’s Cove Research Centre has become a significant shareholder at Go With the Flow Technologies (GWFT), the company informed.
GWFT is developing the Tidal Current Surface Crawler (TCSC), also known as the endless belt generator, and according to the company, the design activities are progressing well with the completion of the track, drums, and energy capturing interface paddles.
This present version of the TCSC prototype will focus on grid capable power generation leading directly to electrical operation of the Seeley’s Cove AquaCannon aerator.
To this end, the Seeley’s Cove Research Centre facility in New Brunswick will be the manufacturing hub for product orders received, GWFT informed.
In parallel with the foregoing fabrication process, GWFT will simultaneously be focussed on the development of multi-staged air compression using the same TCSC Prototype and tidal energy.
A single module of this technology, having an active ocean footprint of 11.16 m by 7.3 m by 1.28 m, is expected to achieve a power output of 220 kW at a tidal current speed of 3 m/sec.
Energy capture is directly related to the square of the speed, and with simple extrapolation would yield 880 kW at 6 m/sec, according to GWFT.