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Atlantisstrom GmbH [website] located in Germany. offers a completely new development, a genuine innovation. The comparably simple construction functions on the basis of the propeller principle and comprises far less costs for production and installation. At the same time, the plant is virtually maintenance-free due to its construction, at a life of about 20 years.

The production costs of Atlantisstrom are far below of other comparable underwater power plants.

The plant can be built out of tested, prefabricated parts used for shipbuilding.
The unique, patented folding mechanism facilitates the exploitation of the incoming and outgoing tide automatically, without switching procedures.
In order to maintain a plant which has been braced between two opposing rock faces, the following method can be used: the bracing will be released on one side of the rock face and with the help of an additional lifting power, the plant can be brought to the surface. To remove a plant from a specific location, the steel ropes can simply be cut.
The plant can be installed that deep under water that it is neither an impediment to shipping nor a disturbance for the spectator.
Transport from the shipyard to the construction site only requires a cargo-vessel.
The plant can be lowered to the sea-bed between two pontoons with the help of construction cranes.
By holding the plant in place on two points, it is possible to fasten it for example, on two opposing rock faces, in narrow fjords in a stable and permanent way. This is possible with the help of piles being installed into the sea-bed as well as steel ropes. No extensive efforts of laying foundations are required.
Atlantisstrom is the tidal power plant with the best kilowatt hours /cost relation and is not a danger for scenery, sea live or shipping.

The rotating ability is due to an entirely new patented rotating mechanism of the vanes that generates a surplus of energy at the thrust faces of the vanes that are directed towards the current. It is this surplus of energy that starts up the plant and keeps it working. The electrical energy is produced by a dynamo which origins from Ships Pod propulsion.

In cooperation with Braunschweig Technical University and the Harzwasserwerke GmbH, a smaller prototype version (scale 1:10) was built by the Volkswagen - Coaching GmbH and has been repeatedly tested at the outlet of the Okertalsperre, a reservoir near Bad Harzburg, Germany.

Features

The power plant concept aims at producing energy out of tides which represent a never - failing energy source. In addition, the energy production can be achieved at competitive prices without subsidies. Thus, this specific venture is not only technically appealing; it also offers a great economic potential on a market which still needs to be explored.
The production costs lie far below those of other comparable underwater power plants.
The plant can be built out of tested, prefabricated parts made of steel used for shipbuilding.
The unique, patented folding mechanism facilitates the exploitation of the incoming and outgoing tide without complicated switching procedures.
The plant can be installed that deep under water that it is neither an impediment to shipping nor a disturbance for the spectator.
The transport from the shipyard to the construction site only requires a cargo-vessel. The plant can be lowered to the sea-bed between two pontoons with the help of construction cranes.
By holding the plant in place on two points, it is possible to fasten it, for example, to two opposing rock faces in narrow fjords in a stable and permanent way. This is possible with the help of piles being installed into the sea-bed as well as steel ropes (see animation). No extensive efforts of laying foundations are required.
In order to maintain a plant which has been braced between two opposing rock faces, the following method can be used: the bracing will be released on one side of the rock face and with the help of an additional lifting power, the plant can be brought to the surface. To remove a plant from a specific location, the steel ropes can simply be cut.
The tidal power plant moves with the sea current. It produces energy out of the resistance it puts up to the current. This means that it moves at a lower speed than the sea current. The plant completes up to five revolutions per minute at most. Thus, all marine creatures living in the surrounding area can easily swim round or through the plant.