Searaser is a fully-patented wave energy / pumped storage device that has been tested successfully off the South Devon coast and is now ready for commercial manufacture as a 1MW device.
It offers a number of advantages over other wave energy devices, including:
- Reliability - no electrics or hydraulic systems on board;
- Simplicity - in that there are only four moving parts within the Searaser unit;
Versatility - Can be deployed at a range of sea depths;- Durability – can withstand storm conditions as unit can be locked down in the full compression position;
- Can be mass-installed in high concentrations (no exclusion zone required as device is tethered);
- Can deliver on-demand or stored energy unlike all other wind, wave or tidal technologies;
- Can also be used for desalination, fish farming or harbour de-silting purposes, as well as power generation;
- Is modular.
Sinclair Consultants has played a key role in supporting the directors of the business, creating communications materials, leading the journalist-focused media relations programme, working with SWRDA & The Carbon Trust to complete grant applications and identifying potential investors to move the business forward.