Orbital Marine Power has been awarded an Option Agreement from Crown Estate Scotland for a new tidal energy project in the Westray Firth.
The Orkney-headquartered company also confirmed it has a grid connection in place to service the project, which is located adjacent to the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) facility, where Orbital has already deployed the 2MW O2 - the world’s most powerful tidal turbine - under commercial operation.
Renewable projects in Orkney were recently given a boost by Ofgem announcing it is minded to approve a new 220MW transmission connection, to be built from the Scottish mainland to service renewable power exports from the islands.
