Water Briefing: ‘Atlantis, a global leader in the tidal power sector, has today announced that first power has been produced from MeyGen, the world’s largest planned tidal stream energy project in the Pentland Firth, Scotland.

The turbine, supplied by Andritz Hydro Hammerfest (AHH), was successfully installed last week and plugged into the pre-laid cable which connects back to the onshore control centre and grid export point, which has already been commissioned and energised.

The turbine is the first of four 1.5MW tidal stream turbines to become operational at the site for the first 6MW phase of a total build out of almost 400MW.  Construction for the next 6MW phase, which benefits from a €17 million grant from the EC’s NER300 fund, is due to commence next year.

Both the turbine and cable installation works were completed by James Fisher Marine Services Ltd, using the Olympic Ares.  The turbine installation followed a successful offshore campaign in October during which GeoSea NV installed all four foundation structures using its jack-up vessel, the Neptune.’ Click here to read more