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397:. The scheme was expected to comprise 15 of Nova's 100 kW M100 turbines, starting with an initial phase of five turbines. As with previous turbines, these would be mounted on gravity foundations on the seabed. The turbines were expected to be manufactured in Canada, with the first one commissioned by 2021, however this did not happen. The project secured C$ 4 million in funding from the Clean Growth Program.
91:, based in Leith, Edinburgh. They deployed their first 30 kW turbine in 2014. Since then, they have developed and tested a 100 kW seabed mounded two-bladed horizontal-axis tidal stream turbine, and plan to scale this up in future. Up to six of these turbines have been deployed simultaneously in the
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Bluemull Sound, in partnership with the North Yell Development Council, making it the "world's first community-owned tidal power generator". This was connected to the local electricity grid by a 1 km subsea cable; helping power an ice
372:. Due to the flow of the river, the tidal resource in the estuary had faster ebb currents than flood currents. The RE50 turbine did not yaw, and was therefore deployed facing into the ebb current minimising the impact of tower shadow and maximising power generation.
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tidal test site, claiming this would be the largest number of turbines installed in a tidal stream array. These would each be 250 kW, scaled up from the existing 100 kW turbines used at
Bluemull Sound.
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984:"Nova Innovation leads flagship €20 million European tidal energy project – EnFAIT"
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681:"NOVA INNOVATION LTD filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK"
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for "song of the sea", and the project would help power the famous distilleries on
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556:"Scottish company wins EU backing to build one of the world's biggest tidal farms"
907:"Ocean Energy - Nova Innovation and ELSA secure funding for Shetland tidal array"
1107:"Tidal-plus-Tesla: The Scottish energy project providing 'baseload' tidal power"
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1131:"Electric vehicle charger powered by tidal energy switches on in Yell"
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582:"Nova Innovation deploys Scotland's 'first' floating solar project"
529:"Nova Innovation secures €20M from EU for 4MW tidal energy project"
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Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism
857:"Shetland Tidal Turbine On Display At National Museum of Scotland"
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Joint plans were announced in January 2022 by Nova Innovation and
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1295:"Wales funds Nova Innovation's 'blue energy island' tidal scheme"
631:"Keir Starmer pledges to launch green energy company in Scotland"
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1010:"Nova Innovation adds 4th turbine to Shetland tidal array"
705:"Simon Forrest | Offshore Energy & Storage Symposium"
657:"Labour vows to go green and increase UK energy security"
959:"World first for Shetlands in tidal power breakthrough"
1157:"Scottish tidal firm deploys its first unit in France"
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Nova 30kW turbine blade at National Museum of Scotland
1199:(Report). ELEMENT Project (published 12 April 2024).
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934:"Nova to raise £20m, eyes IPO in next two years"
1435:"Nova Innovation to conduct study in Indonesia"
1368:"Nova and Sabella secure 12MW Welsh tidal site"
881:"£1.85m for tidal turbines off Scottish coast"
831:"Shetland tidal turbine will be 'world first'"
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1037:"Shetland Tidal Array becomes world leader"
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385:In 2019, Nova was awarded a license from
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1343:"Nova pulls out of Welsh tidal project"
1241:Natural Resources Canada (2020-08-28).
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1392:"Whisky from beneath the waves"
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1293:Garanovic, Amir (2020-11-12).
1008:Garanovic, Amir (2020-10-16).
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779:"Bluemull Sound Tidal Project"
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