Atlantis Resources Corporation
Atlantis Resources Corporation (now known as SAE Renewables) deployed its AR1000 tidal turbine on Berth 6 at the Fall of Warness tidal test site in summer 2011. The 1 MW horizontal axis turbine (rated at 2.65 m/s) had an 18 meter rotor diameter and weighed approximately 140 tonnes. It was located on a 1,300 tonne gravity base structure and stood at a height of 22.5 meters (73 ft) fully assembled. The AR1000 control cabin, located on the island of Eday, contained all of the power conditioning and control equipment.
Following prototype testing at EMEC, the company is now progressing with development of the next generation turbine – the AR1500 - which is being deployed as part of the MeyGen project in the Pentland Firth. Four 1.5 MW turbines have been deployed at MeyGen so far, and as at March 2023 the site had generated 51 GWh of power into the grid.
“The use of an Andritz tidal power turbine system for Phase 1 of the MeyGen project follows several years of successful testing at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), the world’s leading marine power device test facility.
“EMEC provided the industry with the opportunity to test full-scale, grid-connected prototype devices in unrivalled wave and tidal conditions. As a result, we are now in a position to order systems ready for full commercial deployment.”
Tim Cornelius, Atlantis Resources’ chief executive officer
