Siemens Partners with Tidal Energy Limited in DeltaStream Trial
· Siemens supports leading tidal technology companySiemens Mechanical Drives has supplied pioneering tidal technology company Tidal Energy Limited (TEL) with gear units that will be part of the DeltaStream tidal stream generating device due to go on a 12-month trial in Ramsey Sound early in 2014. It will be Wales‘ first commercial-scale turbine. The three Siemens gear units were recently successfully tested in Germany prior to coming to the UK ready for the sea trials. The DeltaStream device initially comprises one independent 400kW turbine on a triangular base. It sits on the sea bed