QED Naval have received the financial backing from Kelvin Capital and the Scottish Investment Bank to support the continued development of the Subhub, the tidal turbine foundation structure.

This 1st tranche of money will allow QED Naval to conduct the tank testing of 2 models of increasing scale within the world class, FloWave TT facility.

These experiments will allow them to validate the current Subhub design against 3 principle objectives that include:

- Verification of the design process and tools;

- Provide evidence of the performance claims increased power output and;

- Define the limitations from extreme loading events from combined wave and tidal forces.

The Subhub is a foundation structure for wave and tidal turbines with benefits! It commissions, tests, transports, installs, and anchors a mini array of wave and tidal turbines to the seabed using it unique features and methods.