HALES TO REVIEW TIDAL STREAM ENERGY RESEARCH

  AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF DETAILED RESEARCH INTO THE POTENTIAL  OF EXTRACTING USEFUL RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM THE TOTALLY PREDICTABLE FORCES PRODUCED BY TIDAL STREAM FLOWS,    THE HALES ENERGY GROUP IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING SHELVING ALL FURTHER RESEARCH WORK INTO TIDAL ENERGY.

     WHILE IT IS COMMONLY AGREED THAT THE POTENTIAL OF  TIDAL STREAM FLOWS  AS WELL AS TIDAL RANGE , CONTAINING SUCH VAST AMOUNTS OF KINETIC ENERGY,  COULD SUPPLY THE UK AND MANY OTHER NATIONS WITH UNLIMITED ENERGY,  THE PRESENT POLITICAL AND REGULATORY CLIMATE PREVENTS  MANY TIDAL STREAM TURBINE DEVELOPERS FROM GOING FORWARD TO A MARKET POSITION.

 

   MANY INVESTORS ARE ASKING US AND SEVERAL OTHER DEVELOPERS WHY SUCH AN OBVIOUSLY HUGE,  CLEAN , CARBON FREE AND PREDICTABLE ENERGY SOURCE HAS OF YET,  NOT A SINGLE TURBINE OF ANY SIZE, SOLD ON THE OPEN MARKET ?.  WHILE SEVERAL WELL PUBLICIZED MANUFACTURERS ARE INVOLVED IN LARGE SCALE SINGLE PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENTS ON THE WAY, THE TIME SCALE TAKEN TO MARKET IS SCARING OFF FUNDING.
   THE AMOUNT OF RED TAPE, BOTH UK AND EU, COMBINED WITH SO MANY LOCAL AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS CLAIMING PRIOR USE ARE THE MAIN UK PROBLEMS.
    
 A POTENTIAL TIDAL STREAM EXAMPLE MISSED,   IF THE PORT TALBOT STEEL WORKS WAS GIVEN A FIVE SQUARE KILOMETRE  AREA OF THE BRISTOL CHANNEL WHICH BORDERS THE PLANT ON A LONG LEASE, THEY COULD PRODUCE A SIMPLE TIDAL FENCE SYSTEM WITH THEIR OWN STEEL WHICH WOULD PROVIDE ALL THE ENERGY REQUIRED TO OPERATE THE PLANT, WITH SURPLUS FEED TO THE NATION GRID TO BACK-FEED DURING HIGH AND LOW WATER PERIODS.

HALES WATER TURBINES LTD, THE REGISTERED COMPANY PART OF HALES ENERGY, WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE NEW LOW HEAD TURBINE UNIT, USING THE SAME TECHNOLOGY AND PATENT , ALSO SOME NEW RESEARCH TO PRODUCE A RANGE OF DUCTED CHAMBER LOW HEAD TURBINE GENERATORS THAT CAN BE INSTALLED IN 150MM PIPE-WORK AND LARGER.

SHOULD THE TIDAL ENERGY WORLD EVER WAKE UP THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL AGAIN.

PAUL HALES
DIRECTOR

HALES WATER TURBINES LTD