Triton 3 & Triton 6 - The Second Generation Tidal Energy Platforms
Tests on a scale version of the Triton 3, the three-rotor turbine version, have started at a tidal test site. Click here for further details.
The Triton 3 is the shallower water version of the Triton platform system and is designed to operate in water depths of 35 - 55 m.
The Triton system has turbines mounted on semi-submersible spar buoys secured to a seabed anchorage by a rigid swing-arm tether. This gives a platform that can be towed to the site already assembled, then deployed to its operating position by simply water ballasting.
By de-ballasting, the system can be brought to the surface when required for annual maintenance – eg for defouling – or repair.
The Triton 3 platform is likely to be the first to be built at full scale, with three 20m diameter rotors and a 3MW rating.
The Triton platform systems
- up to 10MW of turbine capacity
- float-out installation and removal
- on-board access for scheduled maintenance and unscheduled repairs, with minimal downtime
- catamaran sea-going stability for the roughest conditions
- cost of energy produced at or below that of offshore wind.
Triton 3 scale turbine in the tow-out/ maintenance position in the Thames
Triton 3 in operating position in the Thames
Simulation of full size Triton 3 deployment at coastal site
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TidalStream TRITON
The enabling technology for tidal turbine deployment
Up to 10MW from a single installation
Float-out installation and recovery
Safe and efficient on-board maintenance
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TidalStream Limited is pleased to announce a major investment in the company by SCHOTTEL GmbH, a marine propulsion company based in Spay, Germany,
