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Atlants Emerges Out Of A High Tide
The latest incarnation in a line of pioneering tidal turbines developed over the past decade by marine-power technologist Atlantis Resources is girding its loins to go into the water early next year, with the Singapore-based company currently discussing a maiden commercial deployment for a one megawatt (MW) model of its Solon-K device. Two deep-water locations…
Read MoreAtlantis See Good Growth As Tidal Power Rises
SINGAPORE (Dow Jones) – Marine power technology company Atlantis Resources Corp. sees strong growth possibilities ahead, and is banking on this so-far underdeveloped area becoming a big renewable energy growth sector worldwide. Countries with official targets for carbon emission cuts, where utilities and manufacturers want to expand their use of clean energy, offer lots of…
Read MoreScottish Tides Could Power Computer Farm
For the past 16 years a rocky alcove on the shores of Stroma, one of the Orkney islands off the north coast of Scotland, has been the final resting place of the Bettina Danica, a 70-metre cargo vessel that ran aground in February 1993. All six crew were saved, but tugboats were unable to pull…
Read MoreAtlantis Announces Cooperation With Statkraft To Pioneer The Development Of European Tidal Current Electricity Generation
Atlantis Resources Corporation (”Atlantis”), one of the world’s leading developers of electricity-generating tidal current turbines, has entered into a cooperation agreement with Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy. Atlantis will work with the Norwegian based power company to develop tidal current electricity generation projects in Europe. This agreement represents a significant step forward in…
Read MoreAtlantis Announces Statkraft As A Strategic Partner And Lead Investor In A US$14 Million Fundraising
Atlantis Resources Corporation (”Atlantis”), one of the world’s leading developers of electricity-generating tidal current turbines, has completed a US$14 million fundraising and welcomes Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy, as a new partner and lead investor in the fundraising. Statkraft joins existing Atlantis shareholders which include Morgan Stanley. Kim Manley, Executive Chairman of Atlantis…
Read MoreBoost for huge Scots
Scotland plan’s to host the world’s largest tidal energy project have moved a step closer after Norwegian renewables giant Statkraft joined the consortium backing the £250m scheme. The project, which will create over 700 jobs, is to build a large data centre powered by tidal energy, in a remote area on the north Scotland coast…
Read MoreOcean Trials Prove Solon™ the Most Efficient Tidal Current Turbine Ever Tested
Commercial launch of 2MW Solon™ turbines expected in summer 2009 Atlantis Resources Corporation (”Atlantis” or “the Company”), one of the world’s leading developers and manufacturers of electricity-generating tidal current turbines, today announced that it has successfully completed trials of its Solon™ tidal current turbine. Atlantis has previously conducted numerous successful trials of its Nereus™ family…
Read MoreSo Where Did the Atlantis Turbine Families, Solon™ and Nereus™, Get their Names?
In Greek mythology, Atlantis is the name of the legendary island that was a naval power that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9,000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BC. The story of the Isle of Atlantis first occurs in Plato’s two dialogues the “Timaeus” and the “Critias.” Plato’s…
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