Scotrenewables’ 2MW SR2000 tidal turbine has generated over 18 megawatt-hours of electricity within a continuous 24-hour testing period at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney.
The company said the performance level “matches established offshore wind turbines” and is believed to be a tidal industry record.
The aim of the testing is to demonstrate power and hydrodynamic performance of the patented floating turbine technology in parallel with a low cost maintenance and vessel strategy, Scotrenewables said.
Scotrenewables chief executive Andrew Scott said: “Recognising we are still in the early stages of our demonstration programme this is a tremendously reassuring level of performance to be achieving, one which provides further confidence in our technology’s ability to deliver a significant step reduction in the cost of energy from tidal stream and meet our future customers’ needs.”
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