226 – Tidal Power

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Guest: Pieter de Haas Host: Markus Voelter Shownoter: Andy Joiner

Tidal power refers to extracting electrical energies out of the tide streams in oceans. Various techniques exist. Tocardo is a provider of axial turbines, and our guest, Pieter de Haas, is their CTO. In this episode we talk about tidal power in general, siting, the design and engineering of Tocardo’s turbines as well as the overall economic and technical trade-offs in making the turbines work over the long run.

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00:04:53.000 Introduction 00:14:08.000 Tidal stream generators 00:21:31.000 Installation site 00:44:36.000 Environment 01:10:00.000 Maintenance 01:14:39.000 About Tocardo 01:19:36.000 Development