The machine, acquired through the company’s takeover of designer Tidal Generation from Rolls-Royce, is the scaled-up version of a 500kW model previously put through its paces at Emec under the UK Energy Technologies Institute’s (ETI) ReDAPT (Reliable Data Acquisition Platform for Tidal) project.
“We are enthusiastic following the initial tests of our tidal stream turbine which successfully demonstrated the advantages of Alstom tidal turbine technology, in the challenging environment of the Fall of Warness in Orkney”, says Alstom Ocean business vice-president Rob Stevenson.
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