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Quentin Tannock, Chairman and Co-founderIlian Iliev, CEO and Co-founderHelena van der Merwe, Senior Associate
CambridgeIP
Renewable energy and water treatment: emerging opportunities
Below we list the top 5 UK-based Wave and Tidal energy companies based on patent data.
The UK‟s interest in marine and tidal energy goes back to Salter‟s Duck developed in Edinburgh by Steven Salter during the oil crisis in the 1970‟s. There has been continued UK research since in this space.
The UK‟s geography makes the surrounding coastline, with a variety of different flow environments/currents, a natural test-bed for exploration of many such devices.
1974: Diagram of the first Salter‟s Duck.
1974: Duck inventor Stephen Salter (right), co-founder of Wave Energy Group David Jeffrey (left)
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Identify key players
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This report contains data extracted from publicly available sources and documents created by third parties, such as patent data obtained Patent Offices‟ databases. CambridgeIP accepts no liability for the accuracy or completeness of the data provided to it from such sources.
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