tl1 - Il nastro del tempo

Startup Tidal Energy Project Presentation @Startup Cup Calabria Italy

Incorporation Sintenergy Ltd - UK Activity in Italy - UniCal Innovation Park TechNest

Sintenergy Ltd - UK dissolved by voluntary strike-off

Start of prototype 1 meter diameter project

Basic fluid dynamic and mechanical principles (1) (1) Amelio M. , Barbarelli S., Florio G., Scornaienchi N. M., Cutrupi A., Minniti G., Sanchez Blanco M. "Innovative Tidal Turbine with Central Deflector for the Exploitation of River and Sea Currents in On-Shore Installations" Applied Energy, 2012, Vol. 97, pp. 944-955.

Incorporation Sintenergy Srl - Italy Innovative Startup Status

Sintenergy Srl - Italy End of innovative Startup Status

First design study (2) (2) Amelio M. , Barbarelli S. , Florio G. , Scornaienchi N. M. , Cutrupi A. , Sanchez Blanco M. , Lo Zupone G. , “Engineering design study of an innovative hydrokinetic turbine with on shore foundation” Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, 2014, Vol. 8, n. 3, pp. 476-486.

First design study - end (3) (3) Barbarelli S., Amelio M., Castiglione T., Florio G., Scornaienchi N. M., Lo Zupone G., Cutrupi A., “Analysis of the equilibrium conditions of a double rotor turbine prototype designed for the exploitation of the tidal currents”. Energy Conversion & Management, 2014, Vol. 87, pp. 1124-1133.

TRL 1-2 milestone (Technology Readiness Level). Basic fluid dynamics technology concept basic principles observed + technology concept formulated

TRL 3 - Analytical and experimental characteristic. Proof of concept - experimental proof of concept

Analytical function (4) (4) S. Barbarelli, G. Florio, M. Amelio, N.M. Scornaienchi, A. Cutrupi, G. Lo Zupone "Design procedure of an innovative turbine with rotors rotating in opposite directions for the exploitation of the tidal currents" Energy, Volume 77, 1 December 2014, Pages 254-264

Incorporation Sintenergy Ltd. - UK (new SVC)

License Agreement Sintenergy Srl (ITA) - Sintenergy Ltd (UK)

Design procedures & transient analysis (5) (5) Barbarelli S. Amelio M. Florio G. Scornaienchi N. M. Cutrupi A., Lo Zupone G. "Transients Analysis of a Tidal Currents Self-Balancing Kinetic Turbine with Floating Stabilizer" Applied Energy, Volume 160, 15 December 2015, Pages 715-727

TRL 4 - Component validation in a laboratory environment

TRL 5 - Component & System Validation technology validated in relevant environment (industrially relevant environment in the case of key enabling technologies)

TRL 6 - System validation in a relevant environment technology validated in relevant environment (industrially relevant environment in the case of key enabling technologies)

Components production - 1st costs evaluation (6) (6) Giacomo Lo Zupone, Mario Amelio, Silvio Barbarelli, Gaetano Florio, N. M. Scornaienchi, A. Cutrupi "LCOE evaluation for a tidal kinetic self balancing turbine: case study and comparison" Applied Energy doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.01.015

1st Prototype Component assembling & testing at bench @Partner Lab in Bilbao - Spain

1st Prototype Final assembly @Partner lab in Bilbao Spain

Preliminary set-up for test @FloWave Facility