Tidal stream energy has made a further step towards commercial viability following what has been described as the most comprehensive lifecycle assessment to-date of a megawatt-scale array in the UK.
The assessment, authored by Black & Veatch and free to view by anyone, shares lessons learnt during the planning, design, delivery and operation of MeyGen’s six-megawatt (MW) array in Scotland’s Pentland Firth.
Phase 1A of the MeyGen project was partly funded through a £10m grant from the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, with a requirement that lessons learnt from the project were collated and shared.
MeyGen Phase 1A, a 6MW demonstration array comprised of four 1.5MW tidal turbines, entered its 25-year operations phase in April 2018. The array has successfully exported 21 gigawatt hours to the grid to date, with an average turbine availability of circa 95% during its operational phase - LINK
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