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The Court, The Green
Bristol (BS34 8PD)
United Kingdom
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Phone: +44 (0)117 979 1888
Fax: +44 (0)117 906 6140
Email: sylvie.head@marineturbines.com
http://www.marineturbines.com

MCT was formed to develop technology for exploiting flowing water in general and tidal streams in particular. The goal is both to arrive at cost-effective and reliable power systems and to develop these commercially on a large scale.

MCTs goals are is being achieved through a phased R&D programme and in partnership with an industrial consortium together with various strategic partners who are shareholders in this company. The company does research the resource with a view to developing future projects. Basically MCT will develop own and deliver the technology and the resource to go with it.

1. Actor:

   Research / University

2. Sector:

   Marine (wave, tidal) energy

3. Activity:

   Worldwide

1. Abstract:

   Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT) is a United Kingdom-based company which is developing tidal stream generators. MCT was founded in 2000 to develop ideas of tidal power developed by Peter Fraenkel, who had previously been a founder partner of IT Power, a consultancy established to further the development of sustainable energy technologies. The company is based in Bristol and employed 15 people in 2007. By 2003, MCT had installed a 300 kW experimental tidal turbine 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast of Lynmouth, Devon and by 2008 they had a 1.2 MW turbine, SeaGen, in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland which was able to feed electricity into the National Grid. They now have contracts to install a full tidal farm in the Skerries, off northwest Wales and projects in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia and Vancouver, Canada.

2. External Links:

   • Wikipedia
   • Freebase

3. Categories:

   Technology companies of the United Kingdom, Tidal power companies of the United Kingdom