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Largest tidal device to be unveiled on Cromarty Firth
A device thought to the largest tidal energy turbine to be built in the world is due to be unveiled in Scotland. Developer Atlantis Resources have had the AK-1000 assembled at a facility at Evanton in Ross-shire. It will be towed on a barge from Invergordon to a European Marine Energy Centre test site off…
Read MoreProgress For The Pentland Firth
“We are delighted that the UK marine energy industry – centred on the Pentland Firth – continues to progress in its mission to become the worldwide pioneer in tidal and wave power. Today’s Crown Estate announcement represents a significant step forwards. “As a recognised leader in the global industry, Atlantis remains committed to the development…
Read MoreTidal Energy Company Hires ‘The Jockweiler’, Jim Forbes, For Commercial Clout
JIM Forbes, the energy veteran dubbed “the Jockweiler” during his reign at Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE), has been appointed to the board of a pioneering tidal energy company. Atlantis Resources, which wants to build a 30-megawatt project in the Pentland Firth to power a data centre, has hired Forbes as a non-executive, charged with…
Read MoreCarbon Trust To Hand Out £22m Wave Of Marine Renewable Funding
Long awaited award of £22m to be announced today for six marine energy firms to help them prepare their wave and tidal energy systems for the water. From BusinessGreen, part of the Guardian Environment Network. The Carbon Trust will today announce the long-anticipated award of its £22m Marine Renewables Proving Fund (MRPF), dishing out freshing…
Read MoreAtlantis To Test World’s Biggest Tidal Turbine
LONDON (Reuters) – Atlantis Resources Corp is to test the world’s biggest tidal turbine in the rough waters off the Orkney Islands next year in preparation for Scotland’s plan to use ocean energy for half a million homes by 2020. Tim Cornelius, chief executive officer at Atlantis, said the company was investing about 15 million…
Read MoreBritish Company To Help India Harness The Power Of The Sea
A small British-based tidal energy company has won a landmark contract to attempt to harness the power of the sea around India for the first time. Atlantis Resources has forged a deal with the western state of Gujarat, under which the privately owned company will establish the feasibility of developing tidal power projects capable of…
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Read MoreTime For Tidal Power Turbines To Prove Their Operational Capability
A marine power technology company like Atlantis Resources Corp says governments should focus on supporting developers in the short term through offsetting the cost of proving 1+MW systems for at least 24 months The development of commercial scale tidal power projects draws many comparisons to the evolution of the offshore wind industry in Europe over…
Read MoreFirst The Pentland Firth – Next The Whole Marine Sector
One wave-breaking application for Atlantis Resources’ Solon tidal turbine is an off-grid data centre in the north of Scotland. The GBP 400m (USD 660m) project being floated by the company would see a 150-megawatt (MW) aray of turbines installed in the Pentland Firth, located between the Scottish mainland and the Orkney Islands, powering a small…
Read MoreAtlants 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…
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