Tidal power developer Atlantis Resources is shifting up a gear on its near-400MW MeyGen development in Scotland's Pentland Firth, with a final investment decision on the giant project's next 6MW phase now taken following completion of the construction contract tender.

Fabrication work on so-called Project Stroma, which will be built around four 1.5MW Marine Current Turbines (MCT) in the Inner Sound area of a stretch of water referred to in sailor's lore as 'Hell's Mouth', will get underway in 2017, building on the 6MW pilot switched on in November.

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