Carbon Trust Grant Bboost for Orkney Project

03 February 10

Hammerfest Strom UK receives £3.9m to build and test 1MW tidalpower device.

Hammerfest Strom UK has received a £3.9million grant from the Carbon Trust for construction and testing of a one-megawatt (MW) tidalpower device at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney.

The tidal turbine, known as HS1000, is expected to be fully operational in Orkney by 2011.

Hammerfest Strom UK has already completed the design and pre-engineering and is now tendering for fabrication and installation.

After a test period, the company will work with ScottishPower Renewables, which has plans to instal the turbine as part of a 10MW tidalpower array in the Sound of Islay by 2012.

This project would be the largest demonstration tidal-power project in the world and is expected to put ScottishPower Renewables at the forefront of global tidalpower developers.

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