Orbital O2 tidal turbine

Orbital Marine Power’s O2 is the world’s most powerful tidal turbine. The innovative, floating turbine is anchored at EMEC’s Fall of Warness tidal energy site in Orkney where a subsea cable connects the 2 MW offshore unit to an onshore substation which connects to the UK electricity network.

Manufactured and launched in Dundee earlier in the year before being towed up to Orkney, the O2 is Orbital’s first commercial turbine and represents the culmination of more than 15 years of world leading product development in the UK. The 74m long turbine is expected to operate in the waters off Orkney for the next 15 years with the capacity to meet the annual electricity demand of around 2,000 UK homes with clean, predictable power from the fast-flowing waters.