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HydroWing - Tidal Energy Turbines
HydroWing and QED Naval joined forces in 2020 to work together on Tocardo because we could see the huge potential of this turbine technology. Tocardo’s technology development started in 1999 and saw their first prototype produced in 2005. Since then they have developed two new turbine technologies, filed over 20 patents for industry leading innovations and become the world’s only commercial tidal turbine supplier. Additionally, they have operated more tidal projects any other and racked up more running hours than the rest of the sector’s major developers combined. Their technology is renowned for its simplicity, robustness and reliability, having achieved 90-100% availability across their projects. A focus on reliability, with very low operations and maintenance costs has resulted in industry leading levelised costs of energy (LCOE). Tocardo’s turbines are direct drive, i.e. without a gearbox or mechanical pitch mechanism.
