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=== Pulse Tidal ===

'''Pulse Tidal Ltd''' was an English tidal stream developer, formed in 2007 after 10years of development,. thatThey developed ana fully-submerged oscillating hydrofoil device. This fully-submerged device was, designed to work in shallow water, and hadwith horizontal blades whichthat 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>