DELAY FOR WORLD’S BIGGEST TIDAL ENERGY

The sleeping giant of New Energy -- wave, tide and current energy -- is just beginning to raise its head.

Marine Current Turbines announces SeaGen installation delay
Helen Marshall, 6 August 2007 (Energy Business Review)

WHO
Marine Current Turbines, A2Sea

A SeaGen turbine.

WHAT
Installation of SeaGen tidal energy system must be delayed.

WHEN
Was scheduled for installation by the end of August. Rescheduled for installation by the end of 2007.

WHERE
Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland

Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. It looks like the kind of place where a sleeping giant might soon rise up.

WHY
Jumping jack, the “jack-up” installation vessel, had to extend on another job and will then require repairs.
SeaGen has a 1.2 megawatt capacity.

QUOTES
Probably very polite chitchat: “Marine Current Turbines…is in discussions with A2Sea, the owner and operator of Jumping Jack, to agree a new date.”