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Tidal turbine manufacturing boost for Scotland Norwegian tidal-power developer Hammerfest Strøm has announced major contracts worth £4m to construct the first of their advanced HS1000 tidal turbines in Scotland. Fife-based Burntisland Fabrication Limited (BiFab) has been awarded the largest single contract for the fabrication of the sub-structure for the turbine, which will be installed at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney next year. ScottishPower Renewables (SPR), a major shareholder in Hammerfest Strøm (HS) for the last 5 years, has already submitted a planning application to install ten HS1000 machines at a tidal-power array in the Sound of Islay on the west coast of Scotland. As well SPR is developing a 95 turbine project at Ness of Duncansbay in the Pentland Firth as part of The Crown Estate's first marine energy leasing round. The company also confirmed that it will be entering the Ness of Duncansbay project into the Scottish Government's £10 million Saltire Prize for marine energy innovation. Source: Utility Week © Faversham House Group Ltd 2010. News articles may be copied or forwarded
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