Photograph courtesy of Atlantis Resources
Atlantis Resources has published photos of an AR1500 1.5MW tidal turbine hitting the road as it embarks on a trip to the MeyGen tidal energy project site.
While turbines are on their way , foundations are lined up at Global Energy Group’s Nigg marshalling yard, waiting for the installation at the MeyGen site.
Geosea, part of the DEME Group that recently bought a stake in Atlantis Resources’ Scottish project development vehicle Tidal Power Scotland (TPSL), will install all heavy turbine foundation structures and some of the turbines for MeyGen Phase 1A using its jack-up vessel MV Neptune.
Atlantis will install four tidal turbines as part of the Phase 1A of the recently grid-connected MeyGen project, with the combined capacity of 6 MW. Three turbines are made by Andritz Hydro, and one is designed by Lockheed Martin.
The total capacity of MeyGen turbines to be installed this year off Caithness amounts to 6 MW, which will subsequently be expanded to 269 submerged tidal turbines, with 398 MW capacity when fully constructed – enough to power 175,000 Scottish homes.