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OFFSHORE RENEWABLES
Uncharted
A milestone is about to be reached in the tidal energy waters industry off the cold harsh coast irst, assemble a generator, gearbox, electronics and instru- of Scotland. Elaine Maslin talked mentation with an 18m-diameter rotor to power it. Then
F attach it to a rocky, 30m+ deep seabed, scoured clean by to the project director behind the a 5m/sec mass of turbulent energy rushing from the Atlantic to the North Sea and back. Then expect it to operate for 25 years.
MeyGen tidal array development.
It’s a challenge, but for an engineer, it’s also pretty interesting work. It’s a job David Collier, project manager on the MeyGen project, the world’s largest planned tidal development project, will deploy two different turbines in Phase 1A. Norway-based is relishing. When fully completed, MeyGen will see 269 tidal Andritz Hydro Hammerfest is supplying three of its HS1000 turbines, totaling 398MW, installed in the Inner Sound of the turbines and Atlantis Resources will supply one of its AR1500 fast fowing Pentland Firth, between mainland Scotland and the devices, to be built by Lockheed Martin.
Orkney islands. All four will sit in 31.5-36m deep water. First power to grid
Earlier this year, construction started on the onshore part of is expected to be delivered in 2016.
the frst phase (1A) of the project. Offshore, Phase 1A will see
Humble beginnings, early learnings four turbines, totaling 6MW capacity, installed on the rocky sea-
Atlantis Resources began life as a turbine technology bed and tied into the grid 2km away onshore. Phase 1 will see a developer (see “Spotlight,” page 62). In 2010, the frm was further 61 turbines installed, with the fnal project working up part of a consortium awarded the development rights for to 269 turbines. the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth by the Crown Estate.
The MeyGen project, which is owned by Atlantis Resources,
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