Site Development

Aquamarine Power has invested heavily in people and systems in order to be able to offer a complete "concept to consent" site development service. This investment places the Aquamarine Power at the forefront of marine energy project development.

In parallel with its technology development, Aquamarine Power is building a comprehensive global database of marine resources and site development constraints. Using this database the company can model the wave and tidal resources at any specific site location and predict the performance and output of its technologies. This technique means sites are selected not just on the basis of average wave and tidal power resource available, but on the basis of actual performance and yield assessments of the company’s technologies at each site.

Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), resource data will be combined with several other datasets, such as sub-surface bathymetry, marine ecology and navigation routes. This system will enable Aquamarine Power’s site development team to identify and develop extremely accurate models of the most viable marine energy sites in the world. This information is also used by our engineering design team to optimise the company’s technologies to meet real-world requirements.

Aquamarine Power's site development team takes an exhaustive range of selection criteria into account. Considering technical, health and safety and environmental issues; a strong emphasis is put on understanding local needs and benefits.