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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} The '''Aquanator''' was a small-scale tidal-power device, a device which uses rows of hydrofoils to generate electricity from water currents. It was invented by Australian Michael Perry.

==History== The Aquanator was announced in 2004. A contract to test the device was signed with Country Energy on 26 September 2004.<ref name = smh/>

The test site was located at {{Coord|38.5163|S|145.3648|E|display=inline}}. In 2006 it was connected to the national grid.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Snieckus |first=Darius |date=25 November 2012 |orig-date=13 August 2009 |title=Atlantis emerges out of a high tide |url=https://www.rechargenews.com/hardcopy/atlantis-emerges-out-of-a-high-tide/1-1-851357 |access-date=23 May 2025 |website=www.rechargenews.com | url-access=subscription}}</ref> The device test site was decommissioned in May 2008 by owner Atlantis Resources.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atlantisresourcescorporation.com/about-atlantis/history.html |title=History |access-date=2010-10-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027031725/http://atlantisresourcescorporation.com/about-atlantis/history.html |archive-date=27 October 2010|website = Atlantis Resources Corporation}} </ref>

== Description ==

The Aquanator used ocean current to produce electricity. It was intended to generate power even with a small flow of 1.5 knots.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://96.0.107.6/?q=node%2Fview%2F1035 |title=Underwater Energy from Australia's Aquanator |website=Positive News|access-date=23 May 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707134435/http://96.0.107.6/?q=node/view/1035 |archive-date=7 July 2012 |url-status=dead|date=1 June 2005 |via=Truthforce }}</ref><!--is there a tag for 'this link is an IP address and should be replaced'?--> The test device had a capacity of 5&nbsp;kW. The aquanator's slow moving hydrofoil design was meant to provide a green energy source which would not harm ocean life as faster moving turbines might.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=foryou|url=http://www.brandarchitecture.com.au/1/smart_files/Issue_2_final.pdf |title=Innovations that won't cost the Earth |access-date=2010-02-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102258/http://www.brandarchitecture.com.au/1/smart_files/Issue_2_final.pdf|archive-date=6 July 2011 }}</ref>

== Economy == At the time, the Aquanator was meant to be cheaper than diesel fuels, with costs about the same amount as wind power and one sixth the price of diesel-powered systems.<ref name = smh>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/26/1096137100758.html|title=Inventor taps into a new energy source|date=27 September 2004}}</ref>

==See also== *Tidal power

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050311154145/http://www.abc.net.au/southeastnsw/stories/s1008995.htm "Could the ocean be used to power our cities?"], Mark Vale, ABC South East NSW, 12 December 2003

Category:Marine energy Category:Energy conversion Category:Renewable energy technology