The 1MW ducted, seabed-mounted device, developed through a technology-licensing deal signed last year with Canadian technologist Clean Current, will have a diameter of 13 metres and stand some 20 metres tall.
Designed for high-speed 4.5 metre per second flow, the Beluga 9 will be suited to water depths of 30 metres or more.
“Our global launching-ground for ocean energy had to be in an area where there was a concentration of skills in marine activities, and that could serve France and the United Kingdom as a priority,” says Alstom Hydro ocean energy manager Philippe Gilson.
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