Orbital Marine Power has selected Faun Trackway to manufacture the anchors for the former’s new over 2MW O2 tidal stream turbine.
The work will be carried out at Trackway’s facilities in Llangefni on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales.
The O2 is an optimised version of Orbital’s SR2000 turbine and is expected to enter operations in 2020 at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney.
Orbital chief executive Andrew Scott said: “This is a transformational project for Orbital, and for the tidal sector, and these anchors will have the important job of holding the O2 on station so it can generate gigawatt hours of clean, predictable power from the strong tides we have around Orkney – so we are delighted to be engaging the experience and precision of Faun Trackway for this critical supply.”
Faun Trackway engineering manager Gareth Williams said: “We’re excited to get involved and provide value to this great project.
“The manufacture of the anchor structures and bespoke mooring connections will fully utilise our design for manufacture, engineering and production methodologies to provide a cost effective solution for Orbital.
“Components will be manufactured, tested, inspected and coated to stringent DNV GL standards to ensure the high integrity components stand the test of time.”