Orbital Marine Power

Company’s core capabilities

Innovative Scottish engineering company Orbital Marine Power is helping turn the tide on climate change by commercialising their ground-breaking tidal energy technology that captures renewable energy from the power of the earth's naturally occurring tidal stream resources. The company's O2, the world’s most powerful and advanced tidal turbine, commenced power generation July 2021 in Orkney.

The O2 is a 2MW+ product capable of providing utility-scale, clean energy whilst supporting a just transition through the creation of sustainable, quality jobs throughout the project lifecycle. It will operate in the waters off Orkney for the next 15-20 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 while offsetting approximately 2,200 tonnes of CO2 production per year.

Orbital’s turbines are also ideally suited for integration into future energy systems including low carbon electricity, battery storage and clean fuel solutions, and have multiple applications across tidal streams and rivers. Already, the O2 is providing power to the European Marine Energy Centre’s onshore electrolyser to generate green hydrogen that will be used to demonstrate decarbonisation of wider energy requirements.

Key references

• EuropeanMarine Energy Centre (EMEC), Orkney,Scotland

Contact details

Oliver Wragg, Commercial Director

Email: o.Wragg@orbitalmarine.com

Telephone:+44 (0)1856 851 641

Address: Innovation Centre – Orkney, Hatston Pier Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK, KW15 1ZL

Website: www.orbitalmarine.com

Key locations in the UK: Southern English Region, Scotland