€46.8m 'Game-Changing' Tidal Energy Project Approved for Channel Regions
October 21, 2019 -- Interreg France (Channel) England Program, an EU program set up to foster economic development around the Channel regions of the UK and France, has approved the biggest ever Interreg project which will be a game-changer for the tidal stream energy sector.
The Tidal Stream Industry Energiser Project, known as TIGER, is an ambitious 46.8m project, of which 28m comes from the European Regional Development Fund via the Interreg France (Channel) England Program.
The Channel region has an abundance of tidal energy resource with c.4GW of economically exploitable resource. Over the three years of its project timeline, TIGER aims to drive the growth of the tidal energy industry by installing up to 8MW of new tidal capacity at sites in and around the Channel region.
Atlantis will participate in the TIGER program via its French joint venture, Normandie Hydroliennes, which is an initiative with regional investment fund, Normandie Participations, and local manufacturer, Efinor. Normandie Hydroliennes is one of 19 project partners involved in TIGER.
The TIGER program will assist in the development of the tidal energy project Atlantis intends to develop and deploy at the Raz Blanchard site off the coast of Normandy, France. As part of an initial demonstration array, some of the energy generated at the site will be sold to Alderney Electricity Limited to supply the Channel island of Alderney with clean, renewable energy, reducing its current reliance on carbon intensive diesel generation.
With funding provided by the Interreg France (Channel) England Program, it is anticipated that Atlantis' demonstration array will be a precursor to larger scale arrays in both French and Alderney's territorial waters, generating power that can be exported to both the UK and Europe.
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