Thames Tidal Test Site

In 2021 the Port of London Authority (PLA) designated a site in the river to facilitate scale and full-size trials of the types of schemes that could be used in an environment, used and built up as it is of the tidal Thames. Applicants are expected to trial both their scale and full size systems on site, or at least the full-size systems before they can be deployed elsewhere in the Thames to facilitate risk management and full scale testing, if there isn’t available data to meet the requirements of the PLA and other regulators.

pla.co.uk

Site Manager

Port of London Authority

Additional Information

Test Site Website

Device Status Is the test site actively testing or in planning (active)? Or is it permanently closed for business (inactive)?

Active

Energy Resource

Tidal
Riverine

Duration

2021 - Ongoing

Grid Connectivity

Not Grid Connected

Waterbody

River Thames, England, United Kingdom

Site Characteristics Geographic characterization for the test site location:<ul> <li>Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land</li> <li>Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary</li> <li>Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water</li> <li>Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land</li> <li>River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water</li></ul>

River

Country

United Kingdom

Environmental Details

Tethys Metadata

Last Modified

17 June 2025

Citation Formats

“Thames Tidal Test Site.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Test Sites, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https:https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Test_Sites/Thames_Tidal_Test_Site. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.

Marine Energy Projects Database: Test Sites. <year>. "Thames Tidal Test Site." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https:https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Test_Sites/Thames_Tidal_Test_Site.

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Thames Tidal Test Site

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