tidal turbine developer News
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Latest mako demonstration results
Leading tidal turbine developer, MAKO, has concluded its latest round of tow testing achieving industry-leading efficiency from its latest commercial-ready ...
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Successful conclusion of turbine deployment
Australian-based tidal turbine developer MAKO Tidal Turbines (MTT) has announced that the tidal turbine field demonstration in the Tamar River has now come to a successful conclusion. The field demonstration of aMAKO1.2 tidal turbine was undertaken with assistance from the Australian Maritime College and AMC Search Pty Ltd, both part of the University of ...
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Launch of new mako tidal turbine model
Australian-based tidal turbine developer MAKO Tidal Turbines Pty Ltd ("Company") today announced that production has commenced on a new model in its tidal turbine range, the ...
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RPC enters Renewable Energy Market - Tidal Energy
Elemental Energy Technology, RPC Technologies and ATSA have recently generated a peak 2 kilowatt of power from their conjunctly developed tidal turbine generator: the Sea Urchin 550.This test was conducted at Forgacs in Newcastle (Australia) before a group of international investors and China, Japan and India licensees on the 5th of April 2011 This milestone marked the successful completion of ...
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ScottishPower Renewables announce world`s largest tidal stream projects
ScottishPower Renewables confirmed they are evaluating three separate coastal sites for the development of the world’s largest tidal stream projects. This historic milestone has been made possible by the successful trial of the world’s most advanced tidal turbine - Lànstrøm. Two of the sites are being planned in Scotland, in the Pentland Firth and the Sound of Islay, with the third off the North ...
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Signs tidal energy agreement with bougainville government
Australian tidal energy developer, MAKO Tidal Turbines Pty Ltd, has signed an exclusive agreement with the the Autonomous Bougainville Government to study the tidal energy potential in the Buka Passage, install a demonstration turbine and participate in developing a renewables-based electricity grid plan for the ...
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ANDRITZ to supply tidal current turbines to MeyGen, Scotland
ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order from MeyGen Ltd. to supply three 1.5-megawatt tidal current turbines to the planned tidal array in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth, Scotland. Tidal current turbines are anchored to the sea bed in coastal waters and driven by rising and falling tides. Commissioning of the three turbines is ...
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Atlantis takes wraps off world`s largest tidal turbine
Atlantis Resources Corporation (“Atlantis”), one of the world’s leading developers of electricity-generating tidal current turbines, unveiled the largest and most powerful tidal power turbine ever built, the AK1000™, yesterday at Invergordon, Scotland. The AK1000™ is due for installation at a dedicated berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (“EMEC”), ...
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Carbon Trust to slash costs of marine energy by 20%
£1m Carbon Trust research initiative to reduce costs of marine energy using innovative technologies transferred from traditional industries including aviation, oil and gas.Giant turbine blades developed using technology from the aviation industry and underwater hydraulic power networks as used in the oil and gas industry are just two of the technologies that could be harnessed by the marine ...
By Carbon Trust
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Jacobs to advance development of new water tidal turbine technology
A Jacobs-led consortium of industry and academic organizations has been awarded funding from the U.K. government to help develop a new type of water turbine designed to improve the viability and potential of U.K. tidal range power projects. The $1 million U.K. Research and Innovation fund (UKRI) SMART grant will support Jacobs' industrial research with Severn Estuary Tidal Bar Limited, in ...
By Jacobs
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World’s first commercial tidal energy scheme to be launched in North Wales
npower renewables, the British subsidiary of RWE Innogy, and Bristol-based tidal power developers Marine Current Turbines (MCT), have announced a pioneering partnership to help deliver one of the world’s first commercial-scale tidal stream projects, off the coast of Anglesey, north Wales. This exciting and innovative showcase tidal farm scheme would be capable of generating 10.5 megawatts (MW) ...
By RWE AG
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