Atlantis Resources Limited Award of EUR20.3m grant from European Commission (5955T)
January 09 2017 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMARL
RNS Number : 5955T
Atlantis Resources Limited
09 January 2017
9(th) January 2017
Atlantis Resources Limited
("Atlantis" or the "Company")
Award of EUR20.3m H2020 grant from European Commission
Atlantis, a global leader in the tidal power sector, is pleased
to announce the award of EUR20.3m in Horizon 2020 grant funding
from the European Commission for the DEMOTIDE project, which will
design, build and operate a 6MW turbine array, MeyGen Phase 1B, in
the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth in northern Scotland.
MeyGen Phase 1B, also known as Project Stroma, will commence
construction in 2017 and first power is expected in 2018. It will
be built adjacent to the existing 6MW MeyGen Phase 1A project,
which delivered first power to the grid in November last year.
Together, Phases 1A and 1B complete the foundation for full scale
build out at the site, which has an awarded seabed lease for almost
400MW of installed capacity.
The DEMOTIDE consortium consists of:
-- Leading technology supplier Marine Current Turbines (an
Atlantis company), which is based in the UK;
-- DEME, comprising DEME Blue Energy and GeoSea, a world leader
in marine operations and owner of a versatile fleet of construction
vessels based in Belgium;
-- INNOSEA, an independent engineering firm based in France
which provides technical expertise and multidisciplinary
engineering services to the marine renewable energy industry;
and
-- Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, who have been
at the forefront of marine renewable energy research for over 30
years.
The DEMOTIDE project will demonstrate the technical and
commercial viability of drilled foundation systems and larger rotor
diameter turbines, further de-risking the industry and providing a
robust path to significant cost reduction in the European tidal
power sector.
Atlantis CEO, Tim Cornelius, said: "The DEMOTIDE project is the
next significant step in delivering cost effective, reliable tidal
stream generation for Europe. MeyGen is the world's most high
profile tidal stream project and we are delighted to be working
with the European Commission and this world leading consortium of
marine renewable energy experts to ensure that Europe remains at
the forefront of tidal power knowledge creation. This project will
help the tidal stream industry demonstrate reductions in the price
per unit of electricity by increasing the energy yield per pound of
investment. DEMOTIDE will set tidal on a path to cost parity with
offshore wind by 2020."
General manager of DEME Blue Energy, Joury Van Gijseghem, said:
"We are delighted to be involved in this world leading project,
which allows us to build on GeoSea's successful installation of the
MeyGen Phase 1A foundations and all our work in the offshore wind
sector. The DEMOTIDE project will open up opportunities for
commercial scale tidal power development right across Europe and we
believe that GeoSea will play an important role in the roll-out of
tidal power across Europe for many years to come."
INNOSEA Marine Engineering CEO, Hakim Mouslim, said: "MeyGen has
set the pace for commercial tidal power plants development and we
are eager to use our engineering experience for the next phase of
this world leading tidal stream project. INNOSEA will be bringing
additional engineering and operational support strength to the
DEMOTIDE consortium with an objective of making tidal energy costs
more competitive within the offshore renewables market."
Lead project investigator for Queen's University Belfast (QUB),
Dr. Shane Donohue, said: "We are delighted to be part of the
DEMOTIDE project, which has the potential to transform the tidal
energy industry through demonstrations of the technical and
commercial feasibility of tidal energy systems. QUB will be
involved with monitoring of the system's performance and will
ensure that DEMOTIDE's findings are widely disseminated."
Enquiries:
Atlantis Resources via FTI Consulting
Tim Cornelius, Chief Executive Officer
Simon Counsell, Chief Financial Officer
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and
Broker) +44 (0)20 7418 8900
Adrian Trimmings
Jock Maxwell Macdonald
Euan Brown
FTI Consulting +44 (0)20 3727 1000
Ben Brewerton
Alex Beagley
James Styles
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