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SR2000 close to completion

By: Tom Russell 21/09/2015 Scotrenewables

General Tidal

Last year Scotrenewables Tidal Power, a developer of floating tidal turbines based in Orkney, awarded the fabrication of the hull for the SR2000 tidal turbine to Gray Fabrication. Today Scotrenewables announced that the construction is near completion.

The 2MW turbine, the SR2000, will be the culmination of more than 12 years of research, design and testing at increasing scales at Scotrenewables’ headquarters in Stromness, Orkney. The turbine will be demonstrated at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney from 2015 prior to the sale of units to tidal array developers.

The 64m floating hull being fabricated by Gray’s, (Cupar, Fife) will form the structural backbone of the SR2000. The floating turbine is designed specifically to minimise installation and maintenance costs featuring a radically different design from seabed tidal turbine competitors, with a floating hull incorporating 2 x 1MW rotors mounted on retractable legs. This allows the draught of the turbine to be reduced for towing in and out of shallow harbours, with all marine operations involved being carried out by small low-cost vessels. The hull sections will also house the turbine’s electrical and control equipment, allowing direct access to the turbine for maintenance while at sea, another core design approach of Scotrenewables aimed at keeping maintenance costs to a minimum.

The hull sections will be constructed at the company’s fabrication facility in Cupar ahead of delivery to a Scottish fabrication yard for final assembly later this year.

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