Marine renewables developer Naval Energies has start manufacturing at its tidal turbine assembly plant in Cherbourg, France, the world’s first sector-dedicated factory.

The 5,500 sq metre plant will start the production of the first single-unit orders of its OpenHydro 2MW open-centre model for projects in Canada and Japan, as well as future commercial installations off France, with a top capacity of 25 turbines a year.