The TidalStream Partnership was founded in 2005 by Dr John Armstrong and Michael Todman, who brought extensive experience from the wind, marine, and power industries to the challenge of tidal generation.
John Armstrong was Technical Director and subsequently Managing Director of the Wind Energy Group, Taylor Woodrow’s subsidiary that pioneered the UK development of wind turbine technology in the 80’s and early 90’s. He managed several of the large DTI and EU turbine development programmes as well as building wind farms in the UK and California. He also has a background in sub-sea engineering having worked with Lockheed Petroleum Systems in the mid 1970’s.
Michael Todman was Chief Engineer at Rolls-Royce Industrial & Marine power for seven years, involved in both marine propulsion turbines and power generation systems from concept designs to in-service support. He subsequently spent over three years as CTO at Pursuit Dynamics plc – a technology innovation company where he developed novel propulsion and processing systems. He has been instrumental in setting up two R&D facilities, one for Rolls-Royce in Canada, and one for Pursuit Dynamics plc in Hertfordshire, UK.
The technology has been built on the pioneering work started by John Armstrong in 1999 and patented in 2003. Early testing was carried out in the Thames, while more recent developments have been undertaken through a consortium of organisations with support from the UK government (BERR/DECC).
TidalStream has now been incorporated into a limited company to take the development process on to full commercialisation. Shareholders have been gained and the Board strengthened. Further strengthening is taking place to ensure the company objectives of commercialisation are fully achieved
Company
TidalStream TRITON
The enabling technology for tidal turbine deployment
Provides the most cost effective and efficient turbine deployment system
Up to 10MW from a single installation
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