Latest RealTide News

News Articles and Press Releases from the RealTide Research Project.

RealTide Deliverable D1.2 - RAM Assessment Report

The RealTide Deliverable D1.2 - RAM Assessment Report provides a description of the results of a reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) assessment conducted on a generic tidal turbine. Critical systems and components will be identified.
RealTide General Assembly Meeting: September 2020

The RealTide project team led by Bureau Veritas held a successful and informative General Assembly meeting across two days (10th-11th September) via Video Conferencing.
StarBlades Training Day

As part of RealTide's Work Package 3, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore has developed a new python tool for preliminary analysis of tidal turbine blades. Christened STARBLADES, this is a Blade Element Momentum Theory (BEMT) tool for realistic, dynamic flows.
RealTide Quick Fire Progress Update: Workshop at EWTEC 2019

At EWTEC 2019, RealTide partners will present the progress of the project's first 18 months and outline the future programme of work. We will be seeking to capture feedback from participants, particularly around how to shape the RealTide databases.
General Assembly Meeting, Brest, June 2019

The third RealTide project General Assembly took place in June 2019 in Brest. Following a project progress review and update meeting, participants visited Ushant, the island in the Fromveur Strait where power from the Sabella D10 turbine reaches shore.