UK-based tidal power turbine manufacturer SIMEC Atlantis Energy last week unveiled the designs for its latest and soon to be the world’s largest single-rotor tidal turbine, the 2 megawatt (MW) AR2000.
Mere days after Atlantis Resources announced that it had not only awarded ABB the contract to install the tidal power conversion and grid connection systems at its Pentland Firth MeyGen tidal stream project, but had also raised $83 million to begin its construction, the company is now announcing they have … [continued]
Atlantis Resources Limited, owner of development rights to the Pentland Firth, has awarded Zurich-based ABB the contract to install tidal power conversion and grid connection systems for the four-turbine, 6-megawatt demonstration phase of the MeyGen tidal stream project. ABB is the world’s premier maker of power grids and a well-known multinational engineering company. … [continued]
The Pentland Firth is the body of water separating the north Scottish mainland from Stroma Island, and will now be home to Europe’s largest tidal array. MeyGen has been awarded consent by the Scottish Government to build the 86 MW tidal energy project after they completed the statutory approval process … [continued]
Tidal power is always pretty impressive to understand, given the sheer scale on which the power is generated. Imagine a wind turbine turned upside down and dunked in some of the roughest seas and you begin to imagine just how tricky but beneficial tidal power can be. And according to … [continued]
MeyGen’s contracted Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime (KM) to carry out underwater noise studies for its 400-MW MeyGen tidal power project in Scotland’s Pentland Firth. KM will measure and monitor noise levels from prototype Meygen tidal turbines at a European Marine Energy Center site to assess their effect on marine life before they are approved for installation at the project site.
