Scotland: Voith Hydro and RWE Innogy install marine tidal current turbine

Essen, Germany - Voith Hydro and RWE Innogy will jointly install a one-megawatt marine tidal current turbine off the Scottish coast through the joint venture company Voith Hydro Ocean Current Technologies.

It is due to start its two-year trial operation in the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in the Orkney Island waters in 2011. The installation of the foundation will start before the end of this year. Cooperation partner BAUER Renewables Ltd., a subsidiary of the civil and mechanical engineering company Bauer AG, will manufacture and install the foundation. Following its completion, the turbine is designed to feed approx. 1,800 megawatt-hours of electricity (1) into the grid per year. The aim is to gain important knowledge from this demonstration turbine throughout its operational lifetime.

The total investment is approx. GBP 11.8 million. The project is supported by the British Government which is providing GBP 1.7 million through the Carbon Trust

Source: IWR Online, 11 Jun 2010