Installation of the flagship 150kW device – which will be linked to an onshore substation and into the Bangor Hydro Electric network via a buried underwater power and data cable – will be followed by a programme of performance testing and monitoring of the turbine’s interaction with the environment.
The advanced design of ORPC’s cross-flow device is driven by water currents passing through horizontal, four-helical-foil structures – resembling two push lawnmowers placed side-by-side – that together power a central permanent-magnet generator as they turn.
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