Installation of the 2MWtwin-corkscrew design - which draws power out of the water as currents move upspiral glass-reinforced plastic rotors to turn a gearless permanent magnetgenerator - is the “next and last step” before commercialisation of thetechnology.
“During the FEED [front endengineering design] study we have developed a thorough insight [into] andunderstanding of the innovative Flumill tidal technology and we are lookingforward to the continued co-operation to further develop the pilot project inRystraumen and future commercial project,” says Siemens sales director HaakonRem.
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