OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH STATION
EnGen Institute has recently applied to
lease an established Teaching College
Campus with direct ocean access suitable
for an Oceanographic Research Station.
The facility has lecture & seminar rooms,
research laboratories, dinning facilities,
and can accommodate 80 staff and
students. If the application is successful
EnGen Institute will establish coast and
climate research and teaching programs
as well as public interest activities.
EnGen Institute
has a mooring in
the Tamar River
in Tasmania that
will be used for
testing new tidal
power modules.
The Whirlpool
Reach site, which has 6 knot currents, is in a
river valley and consequently free from wind
and wave effects.
EnGen Institute
has developed a
‘Floating Lab’ to
test tidal current
energy harvesting
systems and their
components such
as open-flow
turbines, power
trains, instrumentation and power electronics.
The ‘Floating Lab’ has a beam on which a test
system is mounted through a deck opening
when the beam is raised and the lab is on its
trailer in our workshop. When the Floating Lab
is launched & moored at a tidal current site
the beam & test-system is lowered for testing.
News in brief...
Floating Laboratory
EnGen Institute 1992-2018
FACILITIES
Tidal Energy Test Site
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GENERATIVE ENGINEERING OF ENGINEERED ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIFE SUPPORT
PT. KIWAIN, TORRES STRAIT
EnGen Institute after researching tidal
renewable energy for a decade is now
certifying production designs.
InfraTidal Pty Ltd will manufacture &
install modular tidal power stations.
A tidal stream test site at Pt Kiwain
adjacent to Thursday Is in Torres
Strait was surveyed and modelled in
2008. It has a tidal current with a
peak flow of over 6 knots (3m/s) and
6MW peak capacity.
In 2011 Torres Tidal Pty Ltd, a spin-off
from EnGen Institute, obtained after a
detailed approvals process a permit to
occupy and use the tidal energy test
site. A pilot tidal stream power station
is now in development.
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