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MTG Platform Concept 2 (MTG2) is a follow on project from the successful early stage energy catalyst project MTG Tidal Raft Platform Concept (MTG1) and is an 18 month consortium project to establish a pilot scale platform for the rapid deployment and operation of turbines generating energy from tidal and run of river flow. The MTG2 consortium includes Modular Tide Generators Ltd. (MTG); A&P Group; the University of Exeter and the °µÍø½âÃÜ. The project focuses on three areas of innovative technical development towards the commercialisation of the platform:

• Validation and refinement of the numerical models, developed during the early stage, through extensive physical tank testing;
• Development of a full scale prototype for field demonstration;
• Appraisal of the platform to rapidly install and remove turbines and power modules;
• Testing the innovations component functionality and integration during field demonstration, in particular the ‘Modular’ and ‘Hot-Swap’ systems;
• De-risking of operations at scale; including full life cycle costs (deployment strategies, development & production costs, reliability assessment).