The
turbine,
which
was
recently
acquired
through
the
company’s
takeover
of
Tidal
Generation
from
Rolls-Royce,
is
the
scaled-up
version
of
a
500MW
model
previously
put
through
its
paces
at
Emec.
Being
trialled
under
the
Energy
Technologies
Institute’s
(ETI)
ReDAPT
(Reliable
Data
Acquisition
Platform
for
Tidal)
project,
the
larger
machine
will
continue
its
testing
programme
over
an
18-month
period
to
hone
technology
before
it
is
deployed
in
pilot
arrays
in
the
run-up
to
full
commercial
production.
“The
first
generation
from
the
1MW
turbine
is
a
major
milestone
as
we
move
forwards
in
commercialising
the…
