Atlantis partners with GE to develop MeyGen tidal stream energy project in UK

SIMEC Atlantis Energy Limited has announced that its Turbine and Engineering Services Division (ATES) will enter into a Technology Partnership and Preferred Supplier Agreement (TPPSA) with GE’s Power Conversion business (GE).

Under the terms of the partnership agreement, both parties will work together and share resources for the ongoing development of utility-scale tidal energy generation and associated energy storage solutions. They will also engage in joint marketing activities to promote their innovative new subsea connection technologies and the wider benefits of cleaner, predictable tidal energy.

Atlantis and GE have already been working in partnership since September 2018 on the development and performance validation of Atlantis’ AR2000 tidal generation system. This system is expected to be deployed on future phases of Atlantis’ MeyGen Project in Scotland and will also be available for sale to commercial developers.

The partnership will play a key role in the delivery of equipment and services to the second phase of the MeyGen project, known as Project Stroma, which will see two additional Atlantis AR2000 turbines connected via a new subsea hub to a single power export cable which will then be connected via the MeyGen substation to the National Grid.