The surface-riding Oceanus 2, which will be manufactured made from marine grade aluminium at the contractor’s Falmouth yard, is slated to be deployed this spring off the coast of Hayle, Cornwall, with a view to next building a 10MW grid-connected array.
At 165kW it will be twice the capacity of the prototype version.
“Our first generation Oceanus 1 device has undergone extensive and successful sea trials in Scotland and we are ready to make the next step with the larger rated capacity Oceanus 2,” states Seatricity manager director Peter Mitchell.
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