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 […]
Water Briefing: ‘The European Commission has found French plans to support a tidal energy plant to be in line with EU state aid rules. The EC has concluded that the measure will promote the production of electricity from renewable sources, in line with EU energy and climate goals, without unduly distorting competition in the Single […]
Tidal energy work – two examples 1. Perpetuus – Tidal Energy Centre – Isle of Wight The MMO has approved an application for a grid-connected tidal energy development off the Isle of Wight coast. The application, from Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre Ltd, includes activities relating to the construction and operation of a tidal energy centre […]
Britain’s leading green energy company today welcomed the Government’s review of tidal lagoon energy – and announced that it is ready to take part in the review and to compete to build the first tidal lagoon energy site in Britain. The company, which will release details of its plans later this year, believes it can […]