Scotrenewables Tidal Power (www.scotrenewables.com) has set another record with its SR2000 2MW floating tidal turbine, with the unit clocking up over 1GWhr in record time at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.

Andrew Scott, Scotrenewables’ CEO, said: “This is an astonishing achievement by our technology, and by the Scotrenewables team that worked so hard to make it happen.

“We have had a small number of outages during this period, including where we have had to make maintenance interventions, but because of the accessible nature of our technology, we have been able to respond to these quickly and with very-low-cost vessels.”

The SR2000 — the company’s first full-scale turbine — was ‘launched’ last year from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, before being towed to the Orkney Islands for grid-connected testing.

Initial generation started earlier this year and the company quickly set a world record with the highest output from a 2.2MW tidal turbine.

Neil Kermode, managing director of EMEC, said: “It is exhilarating to witness the unprecedented performance of Scotrenewables’ tidal turbine.

It is clear and demonstrable progress for the team, but it is also progress for this exciting and innovative sector as a whole, as it moves towards commercialisation.”

Scotrenewables recently announced the appointment of Simmons & Co Ltd as its financial advisors, to assist with a fund-raising effort to support the business transition to commercial operation.