TIGER comprises 18 partners from across the UK and France spanning turbine developers, ocean energy demonstration sites, research organisations, as well local and regional authorities.
Led by the UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (OREC), from its office in Hayle, Cornwall.
For information on our demonstration sites, please see the sites and procurement page.
TIGER project partners
Map of partners within the French (Channel) England region (see below) and TIGER tidal sites
Partners within the FCE area
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University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is amongst the top 150 universities worldwide according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and is involved in over 100 EU projects. The University of Exeter has over 20 years’ experience in wave analysis, resource modelling, marine hydrodynamics, moorings, testing, reliability engineering, installation, offshore operations and maintenance.
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ORE Catapult
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult is funded by UK Government, as the UK’s flagship technology, innovation and research centre for wind, wave and tidal energy. It takes part in large-scale collaborative R&D, commercially and publicly funded innovation projects, and operates open-access test facilities for drivetrain reliability, blade fatigue, component failure assessment and autonomous systems for remote data gathering and asset inspection.
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Electricité de France (EDF)
EDF is a major French utility that has engaged historically in renewable energies through its subsidiary EDF-RE. EDF has been granted concessions and operates the majority of hydropower plants in France. This experience of energy extracted from the water has led to an interest into tidal energy at its earliest stage.
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Normandie Hydroliennes
Located at Colombelles, Normandie Hydroliennes (NH) is a leading developer of tidal stream energy projects in France, with the aim of advancing the marine renewables sector that will enrich a diverse energy mix. Normandie Hydroliennes is presently developing its first powerful pilot tidal turbine farm – Project NH1 at the Raz Blanchard; in one of the most energetic marine sites in the world, to generate clean, powerful, competitive, and safe electricity from the natural energy of ocean currents. Normandie Hydroliennes will be showcasing four AR3000 turbines, the most powerful single-axis turbine in the world to date, each with an output of 3 megawatts.
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Université Le Havre Normandie
The Laboratory of Waves and Complex Media (LOMC) is a joint research unit with the French National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS) and the Université Le Havre Normandie. It has expertise in both experimental and numerical methods. The marine hydrodynamics group has focused on tidal energy since 2008 and are well-regarded for their collaboration with IFREMER on investigation of tidal power. The non-destructive testing group has expertise in health control of metallic and composite structures by ultrasound.
Partners outside the FCE area
Minesto
Minesto is a turbine developer, with a unique patented solution for electricity production from tidal currents. Minesto is active in several sites around the world, in Northern Ireland, Wales, the Faroe Islands and Taiwan and has more than 5 years’ experience of testing and installing power plants in different locations.
Orbital Marine Power
Orbital Marine Power is credited with pioneering floating tidal stream turbines since the company’s formation in 2002 in Orkney, Scotland. Orbital have maintained and advanced this position by developing the world’s leading engineering knowledge and technology in floating tidal stream turbines.
SEENEOH
SEENEOH brings together the various expertises necessary to carry out tests of tidal turbine technologies in a real environment. Based on the know-how gathered on its test site in estuarine environment in Bordeaux, SEENEOH assists EDF in the management and operation of the Paimpol-Bréhat site.
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester brings several areas of fundamental research expertise including hydrodynamic analysis methods applicable to tidal and wind turbines in turbulence and waves, integrated condition monitoring techniques and innovative manufacturing methods including for composite structures such as turbine blades.
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
The Interreg VA France (Channel) England Programme is an EU programme that funds projects that benefit the Channel area in the south of the UK and north of France, using ERDF funding. The programme awards funding to projects whose partners work together for solutions to shared challenges in the Channel area.
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