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The SeaGen tidal energy system, developed and deployed by Marine Current Turbine ...

The SeaGen tidal energy system, developed and deployed by Marine Current Turbines, has become the first marine renewable energy project to be accredited by the UK energy regulator Ofgem for Renewable Energy Certificates (ROCs) and so will receive payment for the power it is generating. The first SeaGen, a 1.2 MW twin turbine tidal energy system, was deployed in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough in May 2008. Martin Wright, Managing Director of Marine Current Turbines said: ‘Securing ROCs accreditation is a significant step forward as it is the first time that a tidal current system has been officially recognised as a commercial power station. Up until now, marine renewable technologies have not gone beyond the R&D phase. SeaGen has changed all that.’ Meanwhile, Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has signed a long-term commitment agreement with the South West Regional Development Agency to advance the development ofWave Hub, one of world’s largest proposed renewablemarine energy projects. The Company’s expected participation in the Wave Hub project includes plans to build, install and operate a wave power station comprised of its PowerBuoy systems generating up to 5 MWof electricity. OPT’s commitment coincides with the South West RDA’s announcement of the formal go-ahead for the Wave Hub project as part of a £100mn investment package aimed at establishing the South West England region as the UK’s first LowCarbon Economic Area and a major global centre for the wave power industry.
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