Abundance closes record £7m investment for Orbital Marine Power project

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Orbital Marine Power set to develop UK's first floating tidal stream turbine to go into commercial production

Green crowd-funding platform Abundance has this week celebrated its largest fund-raise to date, closing a record £7m investment round for Orbital Marine Power. Orbital Marine Power, which was formerly...

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