“The ONLY Marine Turbine Scalable from 1kW to 20MW”

Exploding ‘Renewables’ Market

Climate change poses a very real threat to mankind. Popular
consensus supports only a 10 to 15 year window to address carbon
emissions (Bali & Copenhagen Summit consensus)

Developed and developing nations are rapidly escalating power
consumption

$155 billion was invested in clean
energy in 2008

Renewables
20%

Forecast $450 billion p.a. by 2012 and
more than $600 billion p.a. from 2020

Market analyst, Douglas Westwood
has estimated the potential size of
the marine energy market at $1 trillion
Renewable Baseload Power

Solar, wind and wave supply intermittent power dependent on the
weather – complement coal and nuclear power generation but are
not sufficiently reliable or predictable to replace them

Nuclear, gas and coal powered generators currently supply bulk
baseload power Geothermal & Tidal Solar, wind & wave

Tidal energy can be accurately

calculated years in advance and
can supply bulk baseload or
predictable power

Tidal Energy has the potential to Summer Winter
compete directly with coal power Baseload Baseload
at similar cents/kilowatt-hour cost
Vortex Turbine – “SeaUrchin”

2nd generation technology - up to 4x
more power and up to 70% more efficient
than competing 1st generation rotors

Low cost to manufacture, install and

maintain

Mass producible from proven boating

materials and readily available components

Structure of turbine uses tapered shroud providing very high strength - allows
manufacture of large capacity turbines up to 20MW

Neutrally buoyant – easier deployment and optimally aligns to water flows

Integrated generator eliminates gearbox and simplifies design to only 1 moving part
Design Feature 7 – Dual Turbines
•Dual counter-rotating turbines cancel
out large torques
•Greater stability and deployable in
large arrays
Shipping Buoy
SeaUrchin Turbines
Electricity Cable to Shore
Design Feature 8 – Flexible Mounting
•Simple mounting using towers, tidal fences,
suspended from barges or shipping buoys
•Neutrally buoyant and optimally aligns to tidal
flows like a ‘windsock’ or ship at anchor
Water Level
Seabed
Anchor
 Tidal Generator Comparison

1.2MW Marine Current Turbine 2MW EET “SeaUrchin” Vortex Turbine

2x 16m twin-blade rotor 2x 6.6m four-blade helical screw
22% efficiency - 1x sweep area 59% efficiency - 2.6x sweep area
(COP = 0.22) (COP = 1.53)
Approx $5,700,000 per MW installed Approx $2,300,000 per MW installed
Approx 13c/kWh cost over 20 year life Approx 5c/kWh cost over 20 year life
Difficult to make larger than 1MW Scalable to very large sizes up to 20MW
* Based on industry-standard 3m/s rated flow. Costs will increase at lower flow rates. Figures based on public data and mathematical models.
SeaUrchin Major Benefits

Costs less, more efficient & powerful

Scalable from micro to large commercial turbines

Deployable in more locations

Baseload or predictable power

Power generation as low as 5c/kWh
The Future of Tidal Turbines...