The company plans to bring the tidal turbine technology – a vertical-axis system being piloted at 30kW-scale in the Netherlands province of Westerschelde – to international commercial roll-out.
“The acquisition of Wave Rotor technology enables IHC Merwede to launch a fully integrated system to generate electricity using tidal energy,” says managing director Willem Steenge.
Although he admits that the market for tidal and wave technology is still in its infancy, Steenge foresees a “significant growth” of activities in the sectors in Europe, North America and Asia.
