Aquamarine Power founder Allan Thomson has been awarded the Saltire Prize Medal for his outstanding contribution to the ocean energy industry at a ceremony in Edinburgh.
Mr. Thomson founded Aquamarine Power in 2005 with the goal of commercialising Oyster wave energy technology. The company has now successfully installed and operated two full-scale Oyster machines at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney.
Prior to this, he founded Wavegen – the world’s first wave energy company to successfully develop a grid-connected wave power device, the LIMPET, which was installed on Islay in 2000.
The Saltire Prize Medal – presented under the auspices of Scotland’s £10 million Saltire Prize Challenge – aims to recognise outstanding contributions by individuals and groups to the development of wave and/or tidal power generation.
Mr. Thomson was unable to attend the awards, so the medal was accepted on his behalf by Martin McAdam, Chief Executive Officer of Aquamarine Power.
Press release, March 19, 2014; Image: Aquamarine Power