Sustainable Marine Energy has bought 16 ‘plug ‘n play’ Schottel turbines to launch a ‘commercially viable’ tidal energy project in Orkney. Over the next two years German manufacturer Schottel Hydro will deliver 16 of its instream turbines with a capacity of 62 kW each to Sustainable Marine Energy (SME). Although based on the Isle of Wight, Sustainable Marine Energy has an operateing base in Kirkwall, where it has signed a long term contract with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to build a platform array off the Orkney Islands.
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