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PTEC (Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre); Isle of Wight, England

Overview

EMEC has joined forces with Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) to develop a large-scale tidal energy site off the Isle of Wight, England. This site will be eligible to bid into future UK Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation rounds enabling tidal energy technologies developed in the UK to deliver predictable low carbon energy.

PTEC is a 30 MW tidal energy demonstration facility 2.5 km south of the Isle of Wight, with potential expansion capacity up to 300 MW.

 

EMEC’s role

PTEC pulled in EMEC expertise to get the site ready and consented for commercial scale tidal energy technologies.

EMEC led the reconsenting works at the site including an updated Section 36, full planning application and Environmental Impact Assessment, as well as managing an application to SSEN for access to the electrical grid.

 

A word from PTEC

Rob Stevens, PTEC Chair said:

“The PTEC partnership with global leaders EMEC is a huge opportunity to realise our vision of establishing a clean and inexhaustible tidal energy industry in the Isle of Wight and Solent.

“We have tidal energy developers knocking on the door, eager to deploy their technologies, and with EMEC on board we believe we’ve got the best team in the game to get the site CfD-ready. I’m confident that this, and the other projects in Wales and Scotland, will be the catalyst to stimulate private investment and the full commercialisation of tidal stream energy in the UK.”

 

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