Atlantis Resources Ltd (LON:ARL) said two of the three AHH turbines at its MeyGen tidal power project have been successfully reinstalled and reconnected.
The two turbines have recommenced power generation to the grid.
The third AHH (Andritz Hydro Hammerfest) turbine is due to be reinstalled during the next workable neap tide – when the difference between the high and low tide is least - which is in August, together with the Atlantis AR1500 turbine.
WATCH: Atlantis Resources' Tim Cornelius on a very productive few months with two turbines now reconnected
There are four turbines on the Meygen project, three of which are AHH turbines while the other is an AR1500.
The Atlantis turbine was retrieved in the spring of this year to assess the effects of a prolonged grid connection outage which was caused by damage to part of the onshore power distribution network near the MeyGen site.
The cable damage has since been repaired and the site's grid export capacity has been restored. After assessment of the turbine it was decided that one of the components of the turbine's pitching system should be replaced and upgraded as a result of the exposure to an unexpectedly long idle cycle.
Atlantis said full power should be achieved from each turbine soon after redeployment.
The turbines will then enter into their final contractual performance and autonomous reliability tests after which they will be signed off for commencement of long term operations.
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It is expected that MeyGen Phase 1A will be operating autonomously at full 6 MW capacity by the end of the third quarter of this year.
"We are delighted that we have conducted another successful installation campaign and that we will soon have the array operating autonomously, generating predictable revenue. Both turbines have already operated at or close to full power since redeployment,” said Tim Cornelius, chief executive officer of Atlantis.
"Prior to retrieval of the turbines in the spring we had already achieved significant autonomous operation at full output and the power performance of both turbine types showed improvements over the contractual output guarantees. We expect this to put the project on track to achieve capacity factors significantly in excess of 40%.
"We expect to be generating at full output from the end of Q3 and for the suppliers to fully hand over the turbines to the project operating team shortly thereafter," he added.
By lunchtime, Atlantis shares were 1.3%, or 0.5p higherr at 38p.
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