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Humber Pulse Tidal
The award-winning Pulse system harnessed the power of tidal streams with horizontal blades which moved up and down and drove a generator. Its 100kW test rig in the Humber estuary fed power into a chemicals company on the banks of the river, according to news reports.
Additional Information
Project Status
Is the project actively being planned or is deployed in the water (active)? Or was the project canceled or completed (inactive)?
Inactive
Project Life Cycle
Project Progress through life cycle:
- Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment
- Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active
- Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water
- Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations
- Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water
Decommissioned
Max Rated Power Capacity
The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.
0.1 MW
Operational Duration
May 2009 - May 2014
Project Duration
2009 - 2014
Energy Resource
- Tidal
Project Scale
Sub-scale
Number of Devices
1
Grid Connectivity
Not Grid Connected
Waterbody
Humber
Site Characteristics
Geographic characterization for the project location:
- Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land
- Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary
- Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water
- Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land
- River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water
Enclosed Bay
Country
United Kingdom
Last Modified
10 June 2025
Citation Formats
“Humber Pulse Tidal.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Humber_Pulse_Tidal. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.
Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects. <year>. "Humber Pulse Tidal." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Humber_Pulse_Tidal.
