Magallanes redeploys 2-MW tidal device at EMEC

Spanish tidal energy developer Magallanes Renovables has reinstalled its second-generation 2-MW tidal platform at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland.

The company's ATIR tidal turbine was reinstalled at the Fall of Warness in Orkney on April 19 with the help of Orkney-based marine service provider Leask Marine and the Orkney Harbour Authority tug Thor, EMEC said on Friday.

The 2-MW platform was installed and connected to the grid at EMEC in Orkney in 2019. In 2020, it was transported to the dry dock of Dales Marine in Edinburgh for maintenance to optimise its performance, with the work carried out including antifouling and performance verification, EMEC explained.

"We are very pleased to have demonstrated that it is possible to build, launch, install, operate and maintain a tidal platform, in order to generate energy from tidal currents," said Alejandro Marques de Magallanes, chief executive and founder of Magallanes Renovables, which has been developing its technology for more than 12 years.

The platform will be connected to the grid in the coming weeks.

The ATIR testing is funded by the Interreg OceanDEMO and MaRINET2, part of the EU's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

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