Atlantis Resources Limited (LON:ARL) said that production from Phase I of its MeyGen project in the Pentland Firth set a new world record for monthly production from a tidal stream power station of over 700 MWh (Megawatts per hour) in August.
In its latest operational update, the AIM-listed firm said production at MyGen has been strong since its last update in July, with total production since launch approaching 2 GWh (Gigawats per hour).
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David Taaffe, director of Project Delivery at MeyGen, said: "The production performance from the installed turbines on the MeyGen project has been very good. August proved to be a world record month, providing enough energy to power 2,000 Scottish homes from just two turbines.”
He added: “With yet another successful installation campaign expertly completed this week by the Atlantis operations team, we expect to continue to break records throughout the rest of the year generating both predictable power and revenue."
Strong production reports released this morning from the MeyGen project - approaching 2GWh after record month of production pic.twitter.com/9cxPLcbEpB
— Atlantis Resources (@atlantisresplc) 31 August 2017
In its statement, the group said that, as expected, the third Andritz Hydro Hammerfest turbine was reinstalled during the August neap tide this week.
It added that all three AHH turbines - which were recovered earlier this year following an initial period of operations to enable AHH to implement system enhancements - have now been successfully reconnected to the grid.
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The group said the Atlantis turbine experienced some minor delays in receiving upgrade components and is now expected to be reinstalled during the next neap tide which is in late September.
This turbine will then enter into its final contractual performance and autonomous reliability tests after which it will be signed off for commencement of long term operation.
Atlantis said it expects that MeyGen Phase 1A will be operating at full 6 MW capacity from the end of the third quarter.