Peter Fraenkel (marine engineer)
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Peter Fraenkel, MBE,[1] is a marine engineer, visiting professor at the University of Edinburgh School of Engineering and a fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and of the Energy Institute.[2][3] He is the inventor of the tidal power plant SeaGen.[4]
In 2013, Fraenkel won the Scottish Government's Saltire Prize medal.[5][6]
He is also the founder of the company Gravitricity, to exploit his concept of suspending heavy weights in abandoned mine shafts to store energy.[7]
