A contract to test the device was signed with Country Energy on 26 September 2004.
[2] However, the device test site was decommissioned in May 2008 by its owner Atlantis Resources.
It was intended to generate power even with a small flow of 1.5 knots.
The aquanator's slow moving hydrofoil design was meant to provide a green energy source which would not harm ocean life as faster moving turbines might.
[5] The aquanator was meant to be cheaper than diesel fuels, with costs about the same amount as wind power and will be one sixth the price of diesel-powered systems.