A platform (20, 80, 100) for supporting a tidal turbine (4) is disclosed as including at least one hull (22, 41, 42, 61, 62) to which at least one tidal turbine (4) is mountable, a number of ballast compartments (2, 92) within the hull (22, 41, 42, 61, 62), and a ballast structure (3) within the hull (22, 41, 42, 61, 62) and underneath the ballast compartments (2, 92), the platform (20, 80, 100) being floatable on seawater when the ballast compartments (2, 92) are de-ballasted, and the platform (20, 80, 100) being adapted to descend to the bottom of the sea when the ballast compartments (2, 92) are ballasted.


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    Title :

    Platform for tidal turbines


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2016-02-17


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    F03B MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS , Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen oder Kraftmaschinen für Flüssigkeiten / B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS



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