Winner of many awards, TidalSails joined the European “Champions’ League” of innovative SME’s in 2008 when it won a major R&D contract from the Eurostars programme, sponsored by the European Union. We became one of CNBC`s 10 Global Green Heroes 2010, and in October 2010 TidalSails was awarded the Frost&Sullivans “Technology Award – 2010”

TidalSails AS, founded in 2004, is a small Norwegian innovation company developing a unique, patented solution for producing clean, renewable and low-cost energy from the energy of tidal streams and rivers. Despite its small size, the company has a professional and efficient organizational structure in place with highly skilled managers and contributors from a variety of R&D, engineering and business backgrounds.

Renewable Ocean Energy

The use of underwater sails as an energy converter is a radically new technology for exploiting the natural energy in tidal streams and rivers. TidalSails’ power plants use submerged sails affixed to cables, which span across a tidal stream or river in such a way as to extract a maximum of the energy available, at the lowest cost, and with the least environmental impact. Sail based power technology differs fundamentally from other methods of renewable power generation with the advantage of a large effective area exposed into the flowing water. This results in an efficient energy capture at low cost.

Minimal Environmental Impact

The energy produced from Tidal Sails’ revolutionary new technology is both renewable and “invisible”. The environmental impact is minimal, as this system is installed well below the surface of the sea and underneath ship traffic. As the system is relatively slow moving, it does not harm fish or sea mammals. Because it is installed in straits or areas with strong currents, it will normally not interfere with fisheries or other such activities. The system offers great advantages through its flexible installation and its ability to harvest energy from large cross sections of tidal currents at lower costs. The power plants are held in place by conventional moorings and installed by conventional marine engineering techniques. Their closeness to shore and natural buoyancy enables good access for servicing. Ocean energy resources can make an important contribution to the world’s future need for renewable energy.

TidalSails collaborates closely with other technology companies, utilities, and potential user communities to bring to market its cost effective technologies. 

Looking for the right investor with sailing/flying background, good understanding of physics, high ethics and guts to concur the vast ocean energy segment within renewable energy!