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Blog: SR2000 arrives in Orkney

Scotrenewables SR2000 and SR250 at Hatston Pier, June 2016 (Credit Colin Keldie, courtesy of EMEC)

Scotrenewables SR2000 and SR250 at Hatston Pier, June 2016 (Credit Colin Keldie, courtesy of EMEC)


We’re delighted to see Scotrenewables’ SR2000 – the world’s biggest and most powerful tidal turbine – arrive in Orkney. This marks the culmination of many, many, months of hard work and determination from the Scotrenewables’ team in Belfast where the device was built. The 550-tonne device left Belfast Harbour on Friday and was towed up the West Coast of Scotland by Scotmarine’s Orcadia II over the weekend.

The 64-metre long device has now arrived in Kirkwall where it will undergo final checks before installation at EMEC’s Fall of Warness grid-connected test site later in the year.

Having already had the company’s earlier prototype – the SR250 – testing at EMEC since 2011, we’re very excited to see their next generation device take its place for the next stage in demonstrating the technology’s potential.

 

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