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Key historical milestones in the development of tidal-stream turbines are summarised below:
* The 300 kW [[Marine Current Turbines]] (MCT) SeaFlow turbine was installed in summer 2003 and tested off the coast of [[Lynmouth]], Devon, England.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-08-04 |title=Technology Review: Tidal Power Comes to Market |url=
* In 2004, the world's first tidal-stream turbine was connected to an electricity grid, the 300 kW Hammerfest Strøm HS300, located in the waters of [[Kvalsundet]], Finnmark, Norway.<ref name=":0">{{Cite report |url=https://www.andritz.com/resource/blob/31444/cf15d27bc23fd59db125229506ec87c7/hy-hammerfest-data.pdf |title=Renewable energy from tidal currents |last=ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest |date= |page=7 |access-date=2023-12-20}}</ref>
* The first tidal stream turbine test site was constructed in 2005 and opened in 2006, in the Fall of Wanress to the west of Eday, Orkney, part of the European Marine Energy Centre.<ref name=":21" />
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{{See also|Marine Current Turbines|SeaGen}}
'''Marine Current Turbines''' (MCT) was a [[Bristol]]-based company that developed seabed mounted tidal-stream turbines. In June 2003, MCT installed the 300 kW Seaflow turbine in [[Lynmouth]], Devon.<ref name=":11">{{Cite report |url=https://www.osti.gov/etdeweb/servlets/purl/20714897 |title=Development installation and testing of a large-scale tidal current turbine |last=Thake |first=Jeremy |date=October 2005 |access-date=2023-12-21}}</ref> The larger 1.2 MW SeaGen turbine was installed in [[Strangford Lough]] in May 2008, and connected tot the Irish electricity grid in July. It was decommissioned in stages between May 2016 and July 2019, having exported 11.6 GWh of electricity.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |date=2019-09-03 |title=Atlantis Successfully Decommissions 1.2 MW SeaGen Tidal System in Industry First {{!}} SIMEC Atlantis Energy |url=
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