A scale solution ready to deploy. Tidal Lagoons represent a new asset class in Hydro Energy, offering a new application for proven marine hydro technology and renewable energy at nuclear scale. Tidal Lagoon Power’s first project - Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay which received planning consent in June 2015 - establishes a scalable blueprint for this new industry. The presentation will provide an overview of Tidal Lagoon Power’s vision for lagoons in the UK and Internationally before providing an update on Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay and the company’s wider roll out programme.

About the speaker

Ton Fijen Engineering Director, Tidal Lagoon Power is a marine engineering graduate from Delft University, who has been working in the fields of marine and coastal engineering for more than 35 years.

He has been responsible for the design, tendering and construction management and supervision of a large variety of marine engineering projects, ranging from major dredging and port upgrades, marina developments, marine outfalls, cooling water and desalination intakes and discharges, pumping stations, to quay-walls and jetties.
Project involvement has been in many different countries in Africa, the Middle East and in the Indian Ocean Islands. 

Before joining Tidal Lagoon Power, Ton was based in Stellenbosch, South Africa as a Consulting Engineer and WSP Africa Coastal Engineers.
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