The Big(ger) Picture

Abstract

Scotland's Orbital Marine Power is beginning operational trials of what· ν it claims will be the world's most powerful operational tidal turbine. The 680-tonne Orbital 02, which is 74m long, took to the sea on 22 April from ¡ the Port of Dundee, where it was assembled over the past 18 months, to begin a two-day journey to the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in the Orkney Islands, towed by Leask Marine's C-Force multicat vessel. The turbine build was managed by TEXO Fabrication.