Alstom and SSE Renewables to develop wave power
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Alstom and SSE Renewables create joint venture to co-develop world's
largest wave farm off the coast of Orkney, Scotland
Alstom and the leading Scottish marine developer SSE Renewables have signed a new joint venture agreement to develop the Costa Head Wave Project, an up to 200 Megawatts (MW) wave energy site located north of mainland Orkney, in The Crown Estates Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Strategic Area.
The Costa Head site is located in water depths of 60 75m approximately 5km to the north of Orkney Mainland. SSE Renewables and Alstom propose to carry out detailed site surveys and an environmental impact assessment (EIA),to develop the site with an initial phase of around 10MW, before moving on to install the full site capacity.
"This project places Alstom at the forefront of the fast-developing ocean energy sector along with our offshore wind and tidal energy businesses. It demonstrates the strength of our offer as a leading supplier of clean energy solutions and of our involvement in all renewable energy sources in Scotland, the potential of which is considerable." said Jérôme Pécresse, President, Alstom Renewable Power and Senior Vice President, Alstom Hydro.
We are delighted to enter into this partnership with Alstom on the Costa Head Project. As a leading global provider of energy solutions and developer of marine technologies and with their interest in AWS Ocean Energy they are a very strong partner to bring on board. This partnership represents a significant milestone for the Costa Head Project and we look forward to working together with Alstom on the successful development of this important wave site, said John Thouless, Head of Marine Development at SSE Renewables.