Lloyd’s Register issues IECRE Feasibility Statement to Orbital Marine Power for pioneering O2-X Tidal Energy Converter

Aerial view image 2 of Orbital’s current O2 turbine. Credit Orbital Marine Power

This milestone represents a crucial advancement for what will become the world’s most powerful tidal turbine.

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded an International Electrotechnical Commission for Renewable Energy (IECRE) Feasibility Statement to Orbital Marine Power (Orbital) for its O2-X Tidal Energy Converter (TEC).

The IECRE is a global renewable energy conformity assessment system and a part of the International...

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Offshore Vessel News Roundup | September 12 – Norwegian and Dutch cable-layers, UK hybrid crewboat and a recyclable workboat

Deliveries include a cable-lay vessel for a Dutch operator and two crewboats for separate customers in the UK. Construction has meanwhile begun on a new cable-lay vessel for a Norwegian owner. Van Oord takes delivery of cable-layer Van Oord has taken delivery of a new cable-laying vessel built by Norwegian shipyard Vard. Calypso will be […]

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VESSEL REVIEW | O2 – Scottish tech firm develops large 2MW tidal turbine

Orbital Marine Power (OMP), a Scotland-based developer of floating tidal turbine technology, has introduced a new 2MW tidal turbine. The locally-built O2 turbine started ..

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