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Shetland Tidal Array well underway

By: Tom Russell 28/09/2015 Nova Innovation

General Tidal

Nova has made great progress on the construction and deployment of the Shetland Tidal Array as over two years of work come to fruition in the Bluemull Sound, Shetland. With all onshore works completed in August, the focus has moved to preparation and deployment of the offshore components of the project.

During early September the assembly and test of the first of three Nova M100 turbines was carried on the quayside at Belmont harbour in Shetland. The turbine was then prepared for subsea deployment, which takes place in phases to be undertaken as tidal and weather windows permit.

Subsea environmental surveys were successfully completed prior to the deployment of the substructure in early September. Both the substructure and ballast were successfully deployed at the planned location within the seabed lease area.

Operations then shifted focus to the next available tidal and weather window. Towards the end of September, a suitable window appeared and both subsea cable and onshore connection were successfully completed. The team are now awaiting the next suitable tidal and weather window to complete deployment operations in October.

Nova M100 SubS

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