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=== HydroQuest ===

{{Main|HydroQuest}}

'''HydroQuest''' is a French developer of vertical-axis turbines, generating electricity from river and tidal currents, based in [[Grenoble]].<ref name=":30">{{Cite web |title=About us |url=https://www.hydroquest.fr/en/about-us/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=HydroQuest |language=en-GB}}</ref> TheThey have installed several small river turbines in France and [[French Guiana]], powering the 200 inhabitants of the [[Camopi]] village.<ref name=":30" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mallard |first1=Kathleen |last2=Garbuio |first2=Lauric |last3=Debusschere |first3=Vincent |date=2020-01-01 |title=Towards sustainable business model and sustainable design of a hydro generator system dedicated to isolated communities |url=https://hal.science/hal-03051966/file/S2212827120300986.pdf |journal=Procedia CIRP |series=27th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Conference (LCE2020) |volume=90 |pages=251–255 |doi=10.1016/j.procir.2020.02.004 |issn=2212-8271}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yaneva |first=Mariyana |date=2015-10-12 |title=HydroQuest connects river current turbine to French grid |url=https://renewablesnow.com/news/hydroquest-connects-river-current-turbine-to-french-grid-496908/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Renewables Now}}</ref>

A 1&nbsp;MW '''OceanQuest''' tidal turbine was tested at [[Paimpol–Bréhat tidal farm|Paimpol–Bréhat]] between April 2019 and December 2021.<ref name=":32">{{Cite web |date=2021-12-22 |title=Leask Marine complete major offshore decommissioning project in France |url=https://www.leaskmarine.com/leask-marine-complete-major-offshore-decommissioning-project-in-france/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Leask Marine Ltd |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tait |first=Carly |date=2021-10-05 |title=HydroQuest tidal turbine : End of tests on the EDF site in Paimpol Bréhat and new stages of development at the Raz Blanchard |url=https://interregtiger.com/hydroquest-tidal-turbine-end-of-tests-on-the-edf-site-in-paimpol-brehat-and-new-stages-of-development-at-the-raz-blanchard/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=TIGER: Tidal Stream Industry Energiser |language=en-GB}}</ref>

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=== Pulse Tidal ===

'''Pulse Tidal Ltd''' was an English tidal stream developer, formed in 2007 after 10years10 years of development. They developed a fully-submerged oscillating hydrofoil device, designed to work in shallow water, with horizontal blades that moved up and down in the passing current. A 100&nbsp;kW, prototype was installed in 2009 at [[Port of Immingham|Immingham Dock]], in the [[Humber|Humber estuary]], which could generate up to 150&nbsp;kW for a nearby chemicals plant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sad news for Pulse Tidal {{!}} Reuters Events {{!}} Renewables |url=https://www.reutersevents.com/renewables/tidal-today/sad-news-pulse-tidal |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=www.reutersevents.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=News: Pulse Tidal sinks into liquidation |url=https://www.rothbiz.co.uk/2014/04/news-4061-pulse-tidal-sinks-into.html |access-date=2024-10-06}}</ref>

The company was awarded €8m in European funding to develop the first commercial prototype, expected to be rated at 1.2&nbsp;MW, and deployed at [[Lynmouth]], Devon, where Pulse Tidal had been awarded a seabed lease from the [[Crown Estate]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Pulse Tidal secures lease agreement to deploy 1.2MW power system in UK |url=https://www.powerinfotoday.com/tidal-energy/pulse-tidal-secures-lease-agreement-to-deploy-12mw-power-system-in-uk/ |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Power Info Today |language=}}</ref> The company was also developing plans for the [[Kylerhea Narrows]] between the mainland of Scotland and [[Isle of Skye|Skye]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-05-26 |title=Tidal power device for Skye a 'world-first' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10153669 |access-date=2024-10-06 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>