Allard van Hoeken is the Head of New Energy at Blue Water Services, a company with over 35 years of experience in marine engineering and operating permanently moored systems including FPSOs, SPMs, and tidal energy. Blue Water is developing modular BlueTEC tidal energy platforms that are fully transportable by container and can generate between 100 kW and 2-3 MW of power. The platforms offer a complete package that includes the platform, turbine, controls, power cable, mooring system, and transport to any container port worldwide for projects in remote locations.