Seeking Solon opportunities

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Atlantis Resources Corporation has announced the successful completion of trials of its Solon tidal current turbine and is seeking installation opportunities in the UK, Australia, Asia and the USA.

Following extensive analysis of turbines in shallow, tidal, current and river installations, Atlantis expects to launch the 2MW Solon early next year.

The Solon tidal current turbine has a horizontal axis that is designed for floating arrays in water depths greater than 40-50m.

Its ‘swept back blade’ design, combined with a power take-off system, supplies the turbine with the capacity to achieve over 500kW in eight knots of water flow. This provides a 50 per cent throat efficiency, making Solon the most efficient tidal turbine ever ocean tested.

Trials were conducted off the coast of Singapore and involved the use of two ocean-going tugs to mobilise the 20 tonne horizontal axis.

The turbine, developed by Dr John Keir, is based on Atlantis’ Solon turbine performance model. Changes are expected to be made to the design following test analysis later this year.

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