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Firm’s wave machine stars in Leo’s new film
AN Eco-friendly Southend company features in a new documentary being made by Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio to highlight climate change.
Trident Energy's pioneering project, which harnesses wave power to produce cheap electricity, is used in the film, the 11th Hour, as an example of renewable energy technology.
The film, is released in London today to draw attention to the dangers of global warming. It was created, produced and narrated by DiCaprio.
Hugh-Peter Kelly, Trident's founder and managing director, said: "We are thrilled to have been chosen.
"We are confident our technology, which offers the potential to harness economic electricity from the power of the sea, has an immense role to play in tackling climate change."
The film also features the views of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and best-selling scientist Stephen Hawking.
The firm's wave energy converter appears in a section looking at different types of renewable energy and sustainable living.
Trident, based in Sutton Road, is hoping to carry out a one-year test of its device off the coast of Southwold, Suffolk.
If it gets permission from the Government's Marine and Fisheries Agency, trials are expected to go ahead some time in the next few months. It will gather detailed data on how well the technology performs, and particularly how it copes under different extreme weather conditions.
The machine will be mounted on a platform above the sea, with moving floats, driven by the waves producing power.
If the trial is a success, the first full-scale commercial rig, will be designed and set up as a "wave farm" - a collection of machines generating cheap, clean power.
For more information, go to www.tridentenergy.co.uk.
5:32pm Friday 21st March 2008
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