EVEN THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT TALKS OF TIDAL STREAM POWER

 

 

   It is so sad for this country that started its first Industrial revolution using standard wall wheels to drive the cotton Jennie's until the progress of steam power, that's why all large mills were sited on river banks. 

The modern academia has lost the understanding of the basic principles of energy collection and all use the standard horizontal axis propeller turbine design model which needs both fast and smooth flows to operate the lift action which imparts rotation.

 The other problem with propellers is they leave a heavy rotational wake which scours the sea or river bed.

 However, Reaction turbines like the Hales Turbine have been tested on the Thames and in a specially built test tank to produce 35% efficiency from just 1.0 m/s flows which is already better than modern off shore wind turbines that operate at only 30% efficiency for the area they sweep.

 

 There is enough Ebb flows through the narrow pool of London area to power both the HOP and City Hall. On top of that the special Heat Transfer Arrays that we designed and patented would supply enough heat or cooling to operate both buildings.

 The UK has the greatest area of tidal stream waters in the world but lack of basic understanding has resulted in this Energy Crisis. 

Best Regards 

Paul

 

 Paul Hales 

Hales Energy

THE SAD NUCLEAR PROBLEM - JUST LOOK AT THE FRENCH

    AS THE UK GOVERNMENT SEEKS A RAPID WAY OUT OF THE NATIONAL ENERGY CRISIS CAUSED BY THE PAST BELIEF THAT INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS WILL BE HONOURED AT ALL TIMES AND THAT INTERNATIONAL MARKETS WILL BE FAIR TO ALL.

 THE UKRAINE WAR HAS HIGHLIGHTED CLEARLY TO EVERYONE THAT ONLY A TOTALLY INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ENERGY SUPPLY AND CONTROL WILL ANSWER.

THE UK AT PRESENT HAS A FAIRLY WIDE MIXTURE OF ENERGY RESOURCES, FEED INTO TWO DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS, THE NATIONAL GRIDS FOR BOTH GAS AND ELECTRICITY, BOTH PRIVATELY OWNED COMPANIES.

WHILE THE UK GOVERNMENT MAY WISH TO SEEK A RAPID EXPANSION OF ENERGY SUPPLY, IT HAS TO NEGOTIATE WITH THESE COMPANIES TO INCREASE OR CHANGE THE FORM OF SUPPLY, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER QUANGO'S WHO JEALOUSY GUARD THEIR POWERS SUCH AS CROWN ESTATES AND THE MMO.

THE PRESENT SEPTEMBER 2022  UK GOVERNMENT CHOICE IS TO INCREASE OFF -SHORE WIND AND SOLAR, START FRACKING FOR SHALE GAS AND TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS, BOTH LARGE AND PROPOSED SMALL SIZED UNITS WHICH WILL , IN THE FUTURE SUPPLY ALL OF THE UK ENERGY NEEDS.

LOOKING AT THIS IN DETAIL:

YES,  OFF - SHORE WIND IS WELL ADVANCED AND CAN BE EXPANDED RAPIDLY  , ON SHORE SOLAR FARMS AGAIN CAN BE RAPIDLY EXPANDED RAPIDLY,  HOPEFULLY WITH A BETTER USE OF THE COVERED GROUND SPACE THESE PANELS USE.

NIGHT TIME AND OFTEN LONG PERIODS OF HIGH PRESSURE MEAN THESE TWO RENEWABLES RESOURCES CAN BE  OFF GRID OR GREATLY REDUCED IN OUTPUT FOR LONG PERIODS, REQUIRING  FULL COVERING BACK-UP SUPPLY OR SYSTEMS.

NORTH SEA GAS AND OIL, TOGETHER WITH POSSIBLE ON-SHORE FRACKING IS AT MAXIMUM A TWENTY YEAR   HIGH CARBON ENERGY BRIDGE UNTIL THE REMAINING OIL AND GAS SOURCES BECOME TO EXPENSIVE OR DANGEROUS TO HARVEST.

THEN WE HAVE NUCLEAR.

THE PLAN FOR RAPID CONSTRUCTION OF MINI-SIZED NUCLEAR PLANTS, DESIGNED BY ROLLS ROYCE ( GIVING IT A PRESTIGE NAME DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN A PRESTIGE PRODUCT)            AND THESE SMALL PLANTS ARE NOT OFF THE DRAWING BOARD YET.      ALSO THESE SMALL UNITS IN  PLANNED LOCATIONS THERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM.

 LOOK AT THE FRENCH NUCLEAR INDUSTRY THAT HAS MANY NUCLEAR POWER STATION COOLED FROM RIVER SYSTEMS AS THESE MINI -SIZED PLANTS WILL USE, SEVERAL FRENCH NUCLEAR PLANTS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DOWN AS THEY ARE HEATING THE RIVER WATER SO HIGH WHICH KILLS THE WILD LIFE.

WORSE STILL, OF THE FRENCH 56 NUCLEAR REACTORS, OVER 50% ARE CLOSED DOWN DUE TO SERIOUS CORROSION  AND URGENT MAINTENANCE, FRANCE IS NOW IMPORTING ENERGY FROM THE EU AND UK.

ON TOP OF THIS, EDF THE MAIN COMPANY OPERATING THESE NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS IS ALMOST BANKRUPT AND IS LIKELY TO BE NATIONALIZED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.

STRANGELY, THE UK GOVERNMENT HAS JUST OFFERED EDF £750 MILLION  GBP  TO UNDERTAKE THE BUILDING OF THE NEW £20 BILLION GBP  PLANNED SIZEWELL C NUCLEAR POWER STATION WHICH THEY HAD TO TURN DOWN.

THIS IS ON TOP OF THE ALREADY DE-COMMISSIONING PROBLEM WITH 17 (MINI-SIZED) NUCLEAR REACTORS IN OBSOLETE NUCLEAR SUBMARINE ROTTING IN PLYMOUTH OR ROSYTH DOCKYARDS.

IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED:

THAT ALL PARLIAMENTARY MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE HOUSE OF LORDS, EACH YEAR, BE TAKEN TO CAMBER SANDS IN EAST SUSSEX AND BE INSTRUCTED TO STAND IN THE SEA-WATER UP TO THEIR WAIST AND FEEL THE POWER OF THE DANGEROUS RIP-TIDE THAT HAS TAKEN SO MANY LIVES, TO GET A LEAST A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE POWER AND FORCES IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT THAT SURROUNDS THIS ISLAND, THEN AND ONLY THEN IT IS HOPED THEY START TO LISTEN TO THE MARINE ENGINEERS FIRST AND NOT THE ACADEMICS AND ACCOUNTANTS.

AT LEAST WITH TIDAL STREAM POWER,   WHILE IT IS HIGH TIDE WITH STATIONARY FLOWS AT ONE LOCATION,   FURTHER DOWN THE COAST IT CAN BE A FULL FLOW SO SUPPLY CAN BE BALANCED UP AND 24/7.

 

THIS IS A PERSONAL  VIEW BY:

PAULHALES

CONSULTANT

HALES ENERGY 

NET ZERO IS ONLY PART OF THE WAY TO A CLEANER PLANET

   

 

    THE UK HAS SET A TARGET OF REACHING NET ZERO BY THE YEAR 2050,   A VERY SIMPLE THING TO STATE AS A GRAND SOUNDING TARGET  AND GIVEN THAT MOST POLITICAL CAREERS LAST ONLY 10 TO 12 YEARS , IT'S A PASS THE BUCK TO THE NEXT PERSON STATEMENT.

  TAKING A LOOK  THE UK GOVERNMENT POSITION,  AT PRESENT, WHILE BEING LORDED FOR BEING THE FIRST TO SET THE 2050 NET ZERO TARGET THEY THEN FOLLOW THE BIG BUSINESS AND ACADEMIC MODELS OF MORE OFF SHORE WIND, MORE SOLAR , MORE "GREENER" FOSSIL FUELS AND MORE NUCLEAR, WITH POSSIBLY FEW MORE OTHER RENEWABLE SOURCES  IF THEY CAN FIT WITHIN THE COST PER MW RANGE REQUIREMENT.

THE RUSSIAN GAS STRANGLEHOLD ON EUROPE HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE OBVIOUS, MAKE  YOUR NATION DEPENDENT ON ANOTHER FOR VITAL ENERGY SUPPLY THEN BEWARE THE PROBLEM WHEN THEY THREATEN TO TURN OFF THE SUPPLY, REGARDLESS OF THE REASON.

    THE UK IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED IN IT'S EXPOSURE TO THE PRESENT RUSSIAN GAS RESTRICTIONS, HOWEVER THE LARGE PRESENT DAY ENERGY COMPANIES ARE ALLOWED TO OPERATE IN THE OPEN MARKET WITHOUT ANY CONSIDERATION OF THE NATIONS STRATEGIC POSITION OR THE COST OF LIVING INCREASES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THEIR ACTIONS WILL MAKE.

THE UK GOVERNMENT COULD SIMPLY AND QUICKLY CHANGE THE WHOLE ENERGY PICTURE FOR THE NATION, IF IT WILL LISTEN TO THE ENGINEERS FIRST AND NOT THE BEAN COUNTERS.

 

 

AS STATED IN PREVIOUS BLOGS, IN THE WORLD OF RENEWABLE ENERGY , THE TWO GREATEST RESOURCES ARE LUNAR AND GEOTHERMAL.    

GEOTHERMAL - COUNTRIES LIKE ICELAND SHOW HOW THIS  RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE CAN BE HARNESSED IF CLOSE TO THE SURFACE.

THE RUSSIAN HAVE DRILLED THE DEEPEST HOLE AT NEARLY SEVEN (7) MILES DOWN BUT THE COST IS VERY HIGH. CORNWALL IN THE UK HAS SOME GEOTHERMAL POTENTIAL.

LUNAR - THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL OF THE MOON IS VAST AND PERMANENT, IT VARIES IN STRENGTH IN CYCLES THAT IS KNOWN AND RECORDED OVER THE WHOLE PLANET.

WHEN THIS GRAVITATIONAL PULL ACTS ON THE SEAS AND OCEANS IT CREATES TIDES AND SOME OCEAN CURRENTS, WHICH VARY IN FLOW SPEEDS AND DIRECTIONAL DURATION MAINLY DUE TO DEPTH OF WATER AND COASTAL SHAPE.

THE UK HAS THE BEST COMBINATION OF TIDAL FLOW SPEEDS AND DEPTH OF WATER DUE TO BEING ON THE EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL SHELF, MEANING THE WHOLE EEZ AREA COULD BE HARVESTED AND THE LOCATION, CLOSE TO MAINLAND EUROPE ON ONE SIDE WITH THE ISLAND OF EIRE ON THE OUTER SIDE MEANS WE HAVE THE BEST  OVERALL TIDAL FLOW SPEEDS DURING THE TIDAL CYCLE IN THE WORLD.

NOW THE BIG ISSUE : 

IF THE TIDAL FLOW POTENTIAL IS SO GOOD AND THE AREA SO VAST, READY TO HARVEST, 

WHY ARE WE SO FAR BEHIND BEING CARBON FREE AND HEADING FOR NET ZERO ???.

           THE SIMPLE FACT IS THE UK GOVERNMENT IS LEAD IN IT'S KNOWLEDGE OF MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS, MAINLY BY ACADEMIA AND ALSO CERTAIN AREAS OF BUSINESS THAT PROFIT BY JUST PROMOTING THEIR OWN FEW PRODUCTS, BE IT WIND TURBINES, NUCLEAR REACTORS OR SOLAR PANELS AND EVEN THE VERY FEW TIDAL TURBINES  ETC,   THEY HAVE THE FUNDS AND THE MARKETING TEAMS TO GAIN THE BULK OF UK GOVERNMENT FUNDING AND THIS RESTRICT ANY NEWER OR BETTER  FORMS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION/HARVESTING BEING TESTED AND TO ENTER THE MARKET.

  A 12 MW OFF-SHORE WIND TURBINE IS A MASSIVE STRUCTURE ( THAT IS THE RATED CAPACITY OF THE GENERATOR- THEY NEVER EVER PRODUCE THAT AMOUNT IN NORMAL OPERATIONS)  BUT THEY MAKE GOOD MEDIA COVERAGE FOR THE PUBLIC AND THAT MAKE IT EASY TO MARKET, THE SAME WITH THE PROPELLER TYPE TIDAL STREAM TURBINES, MUCH SMALLER THAN THE WIND TURBINE DUE TO THE GREATER POWER OF WATER FLOW, SO WHY ARE THERE SO FEW OF THEM ?

THE SIMPLE FACT AGAIN IS THE POWERS TO BE IN THE  GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, MAINLY THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY FOLLOW THE USUAL MANTRA STATED ABOVE. 

BEIS, IS HEADED BY Rt Hon KWAZI KWARTENG MP.    I MANAGED TO CHALLENGE THIS MINISTER FACE TO FACE, TO PUT HIS EXPERTS UP AGAINST MY EXPERTS, TO PROVE THE POTENTIAL OF REACTION TYPE TIDAL TURBINES.

GIVE THE MAN HIS DUE, HE AGREED TO A MEETING IN FEBRUARY 2020 WITH HIS TEAM AND WAS SURPRISED AND INTERESTED IN THE POTENTIAL AND SIMPLICITY OF OUR SYSTEMS, HOWEVER THIS WAS JUST THE  START OF COVID PERIOD AND ANY SUPPORT WAS LOST IN THE LONG ROUTE THROUGH THE THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE BEIS.

LETS LOOK AT THE VERY BASIC ISSUES AND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROPELLER (LIFT) TIDAL TURBINES AND HALES (REACTION) TIDAL TURBINES.

PROPELLER TIDAL TURBINES :

AS THE NAME SUGGESTS, THIS SHAPE WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AND PATENTED TO                " PROPEL" A VESSEL FORWARDS, HENCE THE NAME.

FROM THE EARLY ALMOST FLAT ANGLED BLADES ON THE PROPELLER ON THE   SS GREAT BRITAIN  TO THE MODERN FORM ON MANY  NUCLEAR SUBMARINES.  SEE BELOW,

 

 

  THE BASIC CONCEPT WAS TO TRANSMIT POWER FROM A ROTATIONAL SHAFT TO A SCREW SHAPE FORM, (THESE ANGLED BLADES OR EVEN A FULL SCREW SHAPES THEN WOULD WIND IT'S SELF FORWARDS THROUGH THE WATER, THE REASON THE PROPELLER IS OFTEN CALLED THE SCREW OR SCREWED PROPELLER.

NOW LETS LOOK AT THE WIND TURBINES, IN THE VERY EARLY TIMES, SIMPLE WIND TURBINES HAD FLAT ANGLE BLADES TO DEFLECT THE WIND FLOW TO ROTATE A SHAFT THEN THROUGH A SIMPLE CRANK TO OPERATE A WATER PUMP OR ON A LARGER SCALE TO ROTATE A STONE FOR GRINDING CORN.

    AS ONE CAN SEE THE OLDER FASHION "WILD WEST" TYPE WIND GENERATOR HAD MANY SIMPLE FLAT ANGLED BLADES WHICH OPERATED SUCCESSFULLY TO PUMP WATER ETC,   (UNTIL SHOT FULL OF HOLES). THE MODERN LARGE OFF-SHORE WIND TURBINE HAVE INCREASINGLY GREATER AERODYNAMIC FORM TO PRODUCE THE LIFT FACT, THIS IS WHAT CHANGES THESE TURBINES FROM REACTION TO LIFT SOME DESIGNS COMBINE BOTH.

 THIS WIND TURBINE BLADE ,JUST THE SAME AS AN AEROPLANE WING INCREASES THE LIFT AND THIS WILL INCREASE BOTH THE ROTATIONAL SPEED AND INERTIA TO PRODUCE GREATER POWER OUTPUT.

THIS IS POSSIBLE IN WIND TURBINES, BECAUSE THE AIR IS COMPRESSIBLE, SO HIGH LIFT FACTORS CAN BE ACHIEVED AND WIND GUSTS ETC HAVE LITTLE EFFECT OVERALL.

HOWEVER, WHEN THE SAME PRINCIPLES AND APPLIED TO TIDAL STREAM TURBINES TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE IN THE NON-COMPRESSABLITY OF WATER WHICH GREATERLY REDUCE ANY LIFT FACTS AND  ADDED TO THAT, MARINE GROWTH WHICH CAN BE FAST ACTING ALSO REDUCES THE LIFT PERFORMANCE.

TO PRODUCE SUITABLE PERFORMANCE PROPELLER TYPE TIDAL STREAM TURBINES REQUIRE WATER FLOW AT 2.5 m/s AND ABOVE TO PRODUCE SUITABLE POWER OUTPUTS, BUT THIS THEN PUTS THEIR BLADES AT RISK OF CORROSION DAMAGE FROM CAVITATION AND WORSE, BLADES SHEARING OFF DUE TO THE SURGES OF WATER ( AS IN THE CASE OF SEAGEN TURBINE SITED  IN STRANGFORD LOUGH IN 2008). VERDANT WATER FLOW TURBINE IN NEW YORK LOST ALL THEIR BLADES IN THE FIRST PROTOTYPES AND THE HIGHLY EXPENSIVE OPEN HYDRO TURBINE DEPLOYMENT OFF CANADA, LOST ALL IT'S ROTOR BLADES AFTER 14 DAYS DEPLOYMENT.

  AT LEAST WITH REACTION TYPE TIDAL STREAM TURBINES, WHICH FOLLOW  NEWTON'S 3rd PRINCIPLE OF  MOTION - "To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction;". SO THE  TIDAL FLOW FORCE PUSHING ON A FLAT LARGE AREA OF BLADES, THAT IS ATTACHED TO A CENTRAL AXIS WILL ROTATE ABOUT THAT AXIS.

THE HALES TURBINE AND OTHER REACTION TURBINES USE THIS PRINCIPLE  WITH MODERN MATERIALS AND  MUCH R&D TEST TANK AND OPEN WATER TESTING, HAVE A  VERY SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE WATER TURBINE THAT GREATLY OUT PERFORMS THE STANDARD PROPELLER TYPE LIFT TURBINE, ESPECIALLY  AT LOW VELOCITY WATER SPEED , DOWN TO 1.0 m/s,  WATER FLOW SPEED FOUND IN OVER 90% OF UK WATERS.

WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN ?

THE PEOPLE AND SUPPORTERS OF THE HALES TURBINE HAVE SEVERAL TIME OFFERED A CHALLENGE TO THE UK GOVERNMENT TO SET UP A HEAD TO HEAD CHALLENGE,  JUST LIKE THEY DID IN THE OLD DAYS WHEN THE ROYAL NAVY NEEDED TO PROVE WHICH WAS MORE EFFECTIVE DRIVE SYSTEM  SO JOINED HMS RATTLER, A SCREW PROPELLER FITTED SHIP STERN TO STERN WITH HMS ALECTO, A PADDLE WHEEL SHIP OF EQUAL SIZE AND SIMILAR POWER TO SEE WHICH WAS BETTER, THE HMS RATTLER WON, PULLING THE OTHER SHIP ASTERN AT 2.5 KNOTS.

 THIS 1845 CHALLENGE PROVED THE PROPELLER  DEVICE WAS MOST EFFECTIVE AT TRANSMITTING POWER FROM THE SHAFT TO THE WATER.THRUSTING.

HOWEVER, A TIDAL STREAM TURBINE OF ANY TYPE IS ABSORBING ENERGY FROM THE WATER FLOW, A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PRINCIPLE. 

 WHAT IS REQUIRED IS FOR THE UK GOVERNMENT OR PRIVATE INVESTORS TO FUND A SIMILAR CHALLENGE, CONDUCTED AT EMEC TEST CENTRE IN SCOTLAND WHO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT AND EXPERTISE, MATCH UP TWO TURBINES, WITH SIMILAR CAPTURE AREAS, ( THE MAXIMUM SWEPT AREA OF THE BLADES)  HAVE HIGH GRADE TORQUE SENSOR EQUIPMENT FITTED TO THE TURBINE OUTPUT SHAFTS AND RUN A FULL RANGE OF TESTING AT ALL WATER FLOW SPEEDS POSSIBLE TO SHOWN WHICH TURBINE TYPE IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE.

THIS TRIAL SHOULD BE DONE IN THE FULL GLARE OF THE PUBLIC SO THEY CAN THEN UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT UK RENEWABLE POTENTIAL.

ONCE THIS TRIAL HAS BEEN CONDUCTED AND IT WILL SHOW HOW THE SIMPLE DUCTED REACTION TURBINE IS MORE EFFECTIVE AT ALL WATER FLOW SPEEDS, THEN THE POWER TO BE CAN START TO PLAN TO PROVIDE MOST IF NOT ALL THE UK'S ENERGY NEEDS.

THE NET ZERO CAPACITY CAN BE REACHED THE IF A MORE LOCALISED COASTAL COUNTIES ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE GREATER CONTROL OF INSHORE WATERS, ALLOWED TO ORGANISE AND RAISE FUNDS FOR LOCAL MARINE GENERATION SYSTEMS.

ONCE NET ZERO IS EASILY REACH THE NEXT TARGET IS TO RAMP UP THIS ENERGY PRODUCTION SO PROVIDING THE POWER FOR HYDROGEN MANUFACTURE AND STORAGE USING  ELECTROLYSIS, ALLOWING FOSSIL FUEL USE TO BE ENDED.

WHY BOTHER WHEN THE REST OF THE WORLD IS PRODUCING THE BULK OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE DUE TO HIGH OLD FASHION COAL AND OIL BURNING ?

THE UK CAN SHOW THEM THE WAY FORWARD SO THEY WAKE UP TO THE POTENTIAL. 

THE PRIVATE VIEWS BY

PAUL HALES

DIRECTOR

HALES WATER TURBINES LTD  

STILL WORK FOR HALES WATER TURBINES LTD BLOG TO DO

 WHILE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING OF THE PATENTED HALES TIDAL STREAM TURBINE HAS MOVE TO A NEW COMPANY, - TIDAL TURBINES LTD IN DEVON, WHO CAN BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL AT  tidalturbines2022@gmail.com  ,   MANY PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS THAT FOLLOWED THE HWT BLOG HAVE ASKED US TO KEEP PROVIDING ANY NEW INFORMATION IN THE TIDAL ENERGY WORLD.

THIS WE PLAN TO DO AND ALSO ACT AS CONSULTANTS TO TIDAL TURBINES LTD.

  THE LATEST INNOVATION BEING TALKED ABOUT FOR THE UK, IN THE TIDAL ENERGY FIELD, IS FOR THE MANY COASTAL COUNTIES TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE COASTAL WATERS OUT TO THE 12 MILE LIMIT , FOR THE COUNTIES, OF WHICH IN THE UK, ALMOST HALF HAVE COASTAL AREAS TO TAKE CONTROL FROM THE CROWN ESTATES AND ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AND ALSO LOCAL NATIONAL GRID SYSTEMS. 

 EACH COASTAL COUNTY, POSSIBLY PARTNERED WITH ANOTHER  INLAND COUNTY CAN RAISE FUNDING TO PROVIDE LOCAL RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS, BE THEY WIND, WAVE , TIDAL OR THERMAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF LOCAL PEOPLE, TO CONTROL ALL ASPECTS OF THE  MARINE ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING SEA DEFENCES AND  COASTAL EROSION, ALSO CONTROL ALL FORMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION OF THE WILDLIFE AND SEA LIFE, FROM  POLLUTION AND OTHER HAZARDS.

THE IS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE FREE PORT SYSTEM AND ALLOW COAST COUNTIES AN ITS PEOPLE TO BRING IN THE FUNDING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND QUICKLY.

PRIVATE PAPER BY

PAUL HALES

DIRECTOR

HALES WATER TURBINES LTD

FINAL POST FROM HALES WATER TURBINES LIMITED

                               AS FROM THE END OF APRIL 2022,

 

ALL FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING OF THE HALES TURBINE AND ALL OTHER ITEMS IN THE COMPANY PORTFOLIO WILL BE UNDERTAKEN BY:

 

    MARINE TURBINES LIMITED

    THE OLD VICARGE

    VICARAGE HILL

    MARLDON

   PAIGNTON

    DEVON   TQ3 1NH

 

COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER 13980737 UK.

TELEPHONE CONTACT 07720813942

NEW WEBSITE AND EMAIL CONTACTS  ARE -- TIDALTURBINES2022@gmail.com

At present, contact new Managing Director, Rodney Bromfield  at email  r.bromfield@kingston.ac.uk

MAJOR MISTAKES IN UK GOVERNMENTS SEARCH FOR NETT ZERO CARBON

 

EVER TIME A MAJOR EVENT IN THE WORLD, SUCH AS THE UKRAINE INVASION OR EARTHQUAKE ETC, WHICH EFFECTS THE PRESENT BALANCE OF NATIONAL ENERGY  CONSUMPTION AGAIN AND AGAIN, SHAKING THE FINE BALANCE OF HOME PRODUCED POWER AND THAT THAT IS IMPORTED, PANIC SETS IN AND THE MAJOR ENERGY SUPPLIERS RAMP UP THE COSTS TO THE PUBLIC, BLAMING THE WORLD SPOT MARKET JUMP IN UNIT COST.

AGAIN, EVER TIME THIS HAPPENS, THE GOVERNMENT SHOUTS  LOUD ABOUT MAJOR CHANGES TO THE UK's ENERGY MIX WITH MORE GREEN SOURCES BEING USED.

 OIL AND GAS IS A FOSSIL FUEL, WHETHER IT IS DRILLED, FRACKED OR IMPORTED AND PRODUCES CARBON WHEN BURNED. IT IS NEVER GREEN

COAL, ESPECIALLY BROWN COAL IN GERMANY IS VERY HIGH IN POLLUTANTS  AS WELL AS CARBON. IT IS NEVER GREEN.

NUCLEAR, BIG OR SMALL IS THE MOST  EXPENSIVE, VERY LONG IN DESIGN AND BUILD TIME, AND DECOMMISSIONING CAN TAKE 40 YEARS, JUST THE SAME AS ALL THE NUCLEAR SUBMARINE IN PLYMOUTH AND ROSYTH STILL AWAITING THIS PROCESS.  

ALSO, AS THE TERRORIST THREAT FROM MAJOR PLAYERS LIKE ISIS ETC  WILL FIND THE MANY NEW NUCLEAR SITES AN EASY TARGET, ALL HAVING TO BE LOCATED CLOSE TO THE SEA OR MAJOR WATER WAYS THAT ALLOW AN ARMED GROUP TO ATTACK BY BOAT AND HOLD  LONG ENOUGH  WHILE A CORE MELT DOWN IS CREATED., THAT'S UNLESS AN SAS REGIMENT  IS STATION AROUND EACH ONE.

IT IS NEVER GREEN , SAFE OR ECONOMIC.

WIND POWER IS GOOD, PLENTY OF ROOM OFF-SHORE, OFF-SHORE SOLAR FARMS ARE BEING TRIALED.  BUT ONLY PART OF THE UK's NEEDS.

HOWEVER, FOR A NAUTICAL NATION WITH A GREAT PAST, IT IS AMAZING THAT THE POWERS TO BE HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES AND PROTOCOLS OF TIDAL STREAM, ESPECIALLY AS THE UK IS REGARDED AS THE BEST NATION IN THE WORLD WITH THIS RESOURCE.

  EVEN AFTER FACE TO FACE CHALLENGES WITH A GOVERNMENT MINISTER TO PUT HIS EXPERTS AGAIN OUR LONG TIME RESEARCHERS SUCH AS THOSE AT HALES WATER TURBINES LTD, THEY STILL HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING OF THE POTENTIAL OF LOW VELOCITY TIDAL STREAM FLOWS, THAT OCCUR IN 80% OF UK WATERS AND COULD SUPPLY ALL THE NATIONS ENERGY NEEDS.

A PERSONAL VIEW BY

PAUL HALES

DIRECTOR

HALES WATER TURBINES LTD

TIDAL TURBINES LTD

 

TIDAL TURBINES LTD 

   IS THE NAME OF THE NEW COMPANY CREATED TO TAKE OVER THE PROJECT PORTFOLIO OF HALES WATER TURBINES LTD.

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 THIS NEW COMPANY , BASED IN DEVON WILL CONTINUE TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE LOW VELOCITY TIDAL STREAM HALES TURBINE AND HAVE FULL CONTROL OF LICENSING ETC.

THIS NEW COMPANY WILL BE HEADED UP BY RODNEY BROMFIELD,     PAUL HALES WHO HAS RETIRED WILL ACT AS A CONSULTANT WHEN REQUIRED.

WITH THE UK LOOKING TO BECOME SELF SUFFICIENT IN ENERGY,   IT WILL IN THE END HAVE TO LOOK TO HARVEST THE VAST AMOUNTS OF LOW VELOCITY TIDAL STREAM FLOWS, PROBABLY WITH SOME FORM OF INTER-LINK WITH THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OFF-SHORE WIND TURBINE UNITS BEING  SURROUNDED BY TIDAL STREAM AND WAVE DEVICES TO PRODUCE A COMMON AND ALL WEATHER CONDITION ENERGY SUPPLY.