Andritz Hydro bags three turbine contract
Jan 1, 2014
Andritz Hydro Hammerfest, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order from MeyGen Ltd. to supply three 1.5-megawatt tidal current turbines to the planned tidal array in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth, Scotland.
By K.Steiner-Dicks on Dec 1, 2014
The order placed with Andritz Hydro Hammerfest is the first commercial order worldwide to supply tidal current turbines and part of the first project phase in completion of the MeyGen tidal array, which is the largest development project worldwide for a tidal turbine array.
Commissioning of the three turbines is scheduled for the end of 2016.
MeyGen’s larger plan is to install up to 269 turbines with an overall output of 398 megawatts.