Announcements

Marine energy leader buys out MeyGen JV partners following award of offshore planning approval Acquisition to strengthen business’ project development credentials London, 14th November: International tidal technology and project developer Atlantis Resources Limited has today announced its acquisition of MeyGen, Europe’s largest tidal power project.  Having already held 10% of the company developing the project,…

Lockheed Martin to provide lead design and engineering services for the new Atlantis 1.5MW turbine and become global technology partner 26th September, London: Pioneering marine renewables company Atlantis Resources Corporation has today announced a new global partnership with Lockheed Martin. Having already worked closely together on a number of projects, the two companies have now…

Tim Cornelius, CEO, Atlantis Resources Corporation: “Seven years ago, we envisaged a world-leading tidal energy project in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth. Today, thanks to the foresight of the Scottish Government, the endeavour of the MeyGen team and the support of our project partners Morgan Stanley and GDF Suez, that dream becomes reality. As…

Atlantis Resources Corporation, a world-leading marine energy company, has been awarded a $5 million grant by the Canadian Government’s Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) fund towards a 1+ megawatt tidal energy project in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. The company will work together with Lockheed Martin and Irving Shipbuilding to customize, build, deploy and…

ATLANTIS COMPLETES NAREC TESTING PROGRAMME Pioneering onshore accelerated life testing programme inaugurates world-leading facility designed specifically for the tidal energy industry Blyth, Northumberland, 15th October, 2012: Atlantis Resources Corporation has completed the first ever tidal turbine testing programme at the National Renewable Energy Centre’s 3MW capacity, onshore, turbine drive train testing facility.  In two weeks…

Tidal energy developer Meygen has lodged plans for the first phase of a 400 megawatt project in the Inner Sounds of the Pentland Firth. The firm, a joint venture between Australian technology developer Atlantis Resources, investment bank Morgan Stanley and power generator International Power, hopes to start work on the development in 2013. It has…

The CEO of Atlantis Resources Corporation, Mr Timothy Cornelius commented  “I am delighted to accept this Green Technology Award on behalf of Atlantis Resources Corporation.  This award recognises Atlantis as a pioneer and leader in the marine power renewable technology sector. Over the past 5 years, we have elevated tidal power generation from R&D status…

July 3rd 2012| Singapore Atlantis Resources Corporation received an Achievement of Excellence award in the Small & Medium Enterprise Category at the 2012 Singapore Business Federation awards dinner ceremony held at the Marine Bay Sands Conference Centre. The award was presented by the guest of honor, the Honorable Minister Mr. S. Iswaran (Minister, Prime Minister’s Office…

ETI project to identify ways of cutting costs of generating electricity from tidal arrays off the UK   A project by the Energy Technologies Institute to identify ways of providing a cost effective deployment of tidal stream technologies at commercial scale in UK waters, has been announced at All-Energy by Charles Hendry, the Minister of…

UK tidal power group MeyGen has hired Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime (KM) to carry out underwater noise studies as part of its 400MW marine renewables development in the Pentland Firth, off Scotland. The assignment will see KM working in the firth’s Inner Sound region using measurements from prototype tidal devices to assess their potential effects on…