Energy & Environment: Wave and Tidal Energy
 
Over the last twenty years, QinetiQ’s breadth and depth of knowledge has been helping solve wind, wave and tidal energy issues. And with the UK committed to a target of meeting 15 percent of its energy supplies from renewable sources by 2020, the issues are growing. We can help you overcome your problems in the renewable energy market.
 
 
Harnessing power of ocean waves and marine currents has always been an exciting prospect, but now with progress in technology, it has become a reality. We offer expertise from the early stages of renewable technology concept designs to complete physical testing of new models in our world-class facilities.
 
We carry out independent assessments for the Royal Navy and the commercial market.
 
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Assessments from concept design to financial modelling
 
We provide independent assessments of marine technologies from start to finish, investigating the technical and commercial aspects. We have developed propulsion systems both for the Royal Navy and for the commercial market. Read More 
 
 
Our expertise ranges from the design of single features to full optimisation of tidal energy equipment.
 
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Independent assessment of tidal and wave energy equipment
 
QinetiQ has developed numerous ship propeller and propulsion systems for the Royal Navy and the commercial market. We have also assessed tidal turbine designs and wave devices. Read More 
 
 
We offer innovative research, impartial advice and state-of-the-art test assessment.
 
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Physical and computational modelling
 
Customers in the emerging tidal energy market are being helped to visualise complex hydrodynamics, and to validate computer design performance measurements, at our physical modelling facility.  Read More 
 
 
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