Tidal Turbine installed at Naru Island near Nagasaki, Japan

17th February 2021

Almost all of the factual detail behind the design of Simec Atlantis Energy 's AR series of tidal turbines was developed through R& D works done by technicians and devices in the Pentland Firth's Inner Sound from work-boats (mainly 'multicats') temporarily based at Gills Bay harbour which is just one mile away from its MeyGen sub-sea site.

The first AR turbine (1.5 MW) is there, whilst plans are actively being made for the deployment of at least two upgraded turbines.



A £5 million upscaling project with a notional 2 MW capacity at the MeyGen site is underway.

The machine now installed at Naru island, near Nagasaki, Japan, was fabricated/assembled at Global Energy's Nigg site on the Cromrty Firth.