Smart Fibres commissioned to instrument tidal energy turbine
December 2005
Smart Fibres has won a contract from Marine Current Turbines (MCT) to instrument the blades and support pile of SeaGen, a 1MW tidal energy device set to be installed by MCT in Northern Ireland's Strangford Lough in 2006. The £8.5m SeaGen project, supported by the DTI, will be the world's first tidal stream energy scheme connected to an electricity network.
Smart Fibres is one of ten British engineering firms chosen by MCT to build SeaGen. Martin Wright, Managing Director of Marine Current Turbines said: "We require precision engineering and value for money and so we are delighted that Smart Fibres and a good number of other British firms are able to participate in this exciting project. The successful installation and operation of SeaGen in Northern Irish waters will be a catalyst for further development of marine energy in the UK. There is significant tidal resource in the UK waters to be harnessed". For further information about SeaGen, please visit www.marineturbines.com