EURO-TIDES returned to the spotlight at the Ocean Energy Europe annual conference, held on 4-5 November in Brussels.
During the tidal tech showcase session, Oliver Wragg from Orbital Marine Power shared an update on Orbital’s ongoing progress through the EU-funded MaxBlade and FORWARD-2030 project, and its plans for the forthcoming large-scale tidal farm deployment through the EURO-TIDES project. He underlined the strength of the local supply chain and Europe’s continued leadership in tidal stream energy, showing that Europe is holding its own on the global stage.
Meanwhile, a joint project exhibition demonstrated how innovations from the MAXBlade and FORWARD-2030 projects are helping to push Orbital’s O2 turbine technology to the next level. These developments are improving performance, cutting costs and paving the way for faster deployment of the EURO-TIDES tidal array project.
