SIMEC Atlantis Energy Limited SIMEC Atlantis Unveils World Record Tidal Turbine
September 13 2018 - 2:01AM
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SIMEC Atlantis Energy Limited
13 September 2018
13 September 2018
SIMEC Atlantis Energy Limited
("SAE" or the "Company")
SIMEC Atlantis Energy Unveils World's Largest Single Rotor Tidal
Turbine, the AR2000
Bristol, England: The Turbine and Engineering Services Division
of SIMEC Atlantis Energy (SAE), a diversified sustainable energy
generation company, is delighted to have unveiled today the design
for its new 2.0-megawatt tidal power turbine system which includes
the largest and most powerful single axis turbine available on the
commercial market.
This next generation turbine will be capable of accommodating
rotor diameters of between 20 - 24 meters, site dependent, with a
cut in speed of less than one meter per second and a maximum of
output of 2.0 MW at 3.05 m/s for a machine with a 20 meter rotor
diameter.
The AR2000 has been in development for over two years and builds
on the successes and lessons learned from the AR1500 deployment and
operation on the world leading MeyGen project in Scotland. SAE has
invested more than GBP5m in the development of this machine which
is expected to be deployed on future phases of the MeyGen Project
and will be available for sale to commercial developers in Q4
2019.
The turbine is offered as part of a complete rotor to grid tidal
generation system, with an array architecture that allows multiple
turbines to be connected in parallel, reducing the cost and impact
of the subsea infrastructure.
The AR2000 will feature an innovative new electro-mechanical
pitch system, 360 degrees of yaw, upgraded onboard health
monitoring and diagnostics systems and optimised critical system
redundancy. The AR2000 will have a 25-year design life with
quarter-life interventions for routine maintenance. The system
utilises a quick connect wet-mate system, designed for rapid and
safe deployment on either a gravity base of mono pylon of up to
eight turbines per day.
SAE has recently published the power curve for the AR2000 to
assist developers to plan projects using this low cost, efficient,
rapid deployment machine. Atlantis is in discussions with various
governments, developers and site owners with respect to identifying
potential locations for a manufacture, assembly, testing and
commissioning facility.
Drew Blaxland, Director of Turbine and Engineering Services,
said:
"The AR2000 marks the culmination of 15 years of investment,
relentless experimentation, rigorous testing and subsea operation.
Not only will it be the largest single rotor turbine in production,
it will be the backbone of a highly efficient and cost-effective
generation system capable of deployment in each of our key target
markets in the UK, France, Channel Islands, Asia, Australia and
Canada.
"Our Turbine and Engineering Division in Bristol is an
aggregation of the best, brightest and most experienced tidal power
engineers in Europe. We lead the world in turbine design, subsea
connection and offshore intervention operations. The AR2000 draws
on lessons learned during more than 13,000 hours of operation of
the Marine Current Turbines SeaGen turbine in Northern Ireland and
4,000 operational hours of the AR1500 in Scotland. The AR2000 will
enable multi-turbine connection onto a single power export cable to
reduce cost and its larger rotor diameter will deliver greater
efficiencies over a range of flow regimes.
"The AR2000 system has been designed to deliver a lower
levelised cost of energy and increased reliability. Combining a
larger rotor diameter with a drive train capable of being
daisy-chain linked, optimised redundancy and quick connection, will
deliver an offshore generation system that can compete with other
comparable sources of renewable generation when deployed at
scale.
"A relentless commitment to continuous learning and improvement
has paid off, because we firmly believe that the AR2000 will now
carry the industry into the next phase of large scale array
deployment."
Please see attached image of Tidal Turbine:
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6170A_1-2018-9-12.pdf
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Officer
Andrew Dagley, Chief Financial
Officer
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