Team

Swanturbines is working closely with Cygnus Energy on the commercial exploitation of the technology.

James Orme - Managing Director (Co-founder)

James has been the driving force behind Swanturbines since its conception in 2001. He is responsible for technical development and engineering sign-off. He raised significant equity finance from private investors for work to date. He is now project lead on the £7m  Technology Demonstrator Project Cygnet and was Principal Engineer on the KEF sponsored Collaborative Industrial Research Project (CIRP). Between 2003 and 2005, James completed a PhD - Performance modelling of tidal stream turbines and wave interaction modelling (most advanced in the industry) and designed the 1m diameter turbine prototype.  He also has pioneered techniques to assess the impact of marine growth on tidal turbine efficiency.

Project Manager (Cygnet)

The Cygnet Project Manger is a mechanical engineer who has vast experience in the development of bespoke solutions in the marine and renewable energy industries. He has managed the installation and testing of a tidal stream demonstrator and an offshore foundation system. He has 10 years experience managing the installation of anemometry masts and 10 years experience managing the construction of yachts and advanced composite racing dinghies. He has managed development projects for Western Windpower, Corus and others, which have included self burying suction foundations, tilt up meteorological masts and large yachts.

Project Manager (Scale-up)

The Scale-up Project Manager has a first class degree in engineering from Cambridge University and 10 years of professional experience in a range of disciplines from aerodynamics to electronics design. At Rolls-Royce plc he was considered a company expert in the preliminary design of civil gas turbines and had technical responsibility for the design of the Trent 600 engine for the Boeing 747-400ERX. From 2004 to 2008 Tim set up and ran his own business which developed, certified, manufactured and marketed a new instrumentation product. This technology led to 5 patent applications (four in the UK and one in the US)