Simec Atlantis Energy (SAE) has unveiled a 2MW model of its pace-setting tidal power turbine, as plans take shape for future stages of the developer’s giant 398MW MeyGen project off Scotland, as well as arrays targeted in markets off the UK, France, Channel Islands, Asia, Australia and Canada.

Designed to fly a rotor of between 20-24 meters in diameter, the new machine, the AR2000, builds on company’s 1.5MW