FORWARD TO NEXT STAGE OF TESTING

With generous help from USM at Trinity Buoy Wharf, the next stage of testing will be greatly helped by the construction of a new catamaran type pontoon complete with a special ducting system that will contain the original Hales Tidal Turbine prototype. This new pontoon will allow turbine testing and development to take place under closely monitored conditions. The Hales Turbine has entered the Environment Agency's Hydroelectric Power Scheme, the first major hurdle towards MCS the ( Microgeneration Certification Scheme). These prototype trials together with the new test tank being built this summer will be used to prove the fish friendly nature of the patented Hales Turbine so it could be used for micro generation in run of river locations, together with Low-Head Archimedes Screw type generators, currently the only other fish friendly design.

SOME GOOD NEWS FOR PROJECT

As the team work towards testing and developing the Hales Turbine design with the prototype testing, the new Race Track type test tank being built this summer and the detailed computer Fluid Dynamic work being undertake, the good news is that the first of several patent applications on this renewable energy tidal turbine has been granted after five years in the system. New patent applications are being added all the time as testing shows the way forward.

Paul Hales
Director

Hales Energy Ltd