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Alstom improves performance of its tidal energy solutions
Oct. 1, 2014 + + + Alstom has taken advantage of its experience with the 1 MW turbine to improve the design of its tidal stream turbine ... and now offers the Oceade™ 18 - 1.4 MW, making the turbine even more efficient, cost-effective and easy to maintain. With a rotor diameter of 18 metres, the Oceade tidal stream turbine has a nominal power of 1.4MW and three variable pitching blades. It is equipped with plug-and-play modules on rails, easily accessible through an inspection hatch at the rear of the nacelle to enable faster assembly and maintenance. This turbine is buoyant, making it easy to tow to and from the operating site. Installation and maintenance costs are therefore lower because there is no need for specialist vessels and divers. It also reduces the timeframe to install or retrieve the turbine. The unit rotates to face the incoming tide at an optimal angle and thus extract the maximum energy potential.
The Oceade is ready to be deployed at the tidal
energy farm that will be selected in the call for expressions of interest
launched in September 2013 by the French government.
“With this new tidal energy production
solution, Alstom has made definite headway. The project is seeking to
demonstrate a new design for an efficient, reliable turbine to reduce
installation and maintenance costs with a view to commercial production,”
declared Jacques Jamart, Alstom Senior Vice-President New Energies.
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