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First Electricity Generated to UK Grid by Device at EMEC

Spanish tidal energy developer, Magallanes Renovables, has generated its first electricity into the U.K. national grid following connection at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC). The ATIR tidal energy converter (TEC) was installed at EMEC’s Fall of Warness tidal energy test site in Orkney, Scotland last month by Orkney-based Leask Marine, as part of the Ocean_2G project.  The project is

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Windfarm in Congested Seabed Requires Cable Management

The world’s largest working offshore wind farm, occupying an area of 55 sq. mi., opened in the Irish Sea off Barrow-in-Furness in the North West of England in Sept. 2018. HR Wallingford has been helping Danish operator, Ørsted, to build stable cable crossings for their new Walney Extension windfarm, on what is becoming an increasingly congested seabed. The U.K. has

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