Orkney.com feature: Orbital Marine focused on the future
Posted onConstruction work on an innovative tidal energy device destined for Orkney waters is continuing, despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
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Orbital set ambition on installing first floating tidal farm at EMEC
Posted onScottish based tidal energy developer Orbital Marine Power (Orbital) have signed up to a second berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. This will pave the way for Orbital to deliver their first floating tidal turbine farm. Read More
Orbital Marine Power awards manufacturing contract for O2 tidal turbine to TEXO Group
Posted onOrbital Marine Power Ltd (Orbital), the world’s leading developer of floating tidal stream turbines, have awarded the main manufacturing contract for the company’s first commercial O2 tidal turbine to Scottish based TEXO Group who will carry out the work at their quayside facilities in Dundee. Read More
ITEG project progress - Orbital contract FAUN Trackway for anchor fabrication of O2 turbine
Posted onOrbital Marine Power Ltd (Orbital), have selected FAUN Trackway® to manufacture the anchors for their new O2 tidal turbine at FAUN Trackway®’s facilities in Llangefni, North Wales as part of the ITEG (Integrating Tidal Energy into the European Grid) project funded by Interreg NWE. Read More
Orbital Marine Power Unveil Design for Orbital 02 Tidal Turbine
Posted onThe design of the new Orbital Marine Power tidal turbine has been unveiled in a new animation which forms part of the ITEG project, funded by European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg North West Europe Programme. Read More
€11 million ITEG project to integrate tidal power, grid and hydrogen
Posted onAn €11 million Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) project has been launched in Orkney to develop an all-in-one solution for the generation of clean predictable energy, grid management, and the production of hydrogen from excess capacity. Read More