Nova Innovation secures seabed lease for 15MW Shetlands tidal power project

Cecilia Keating
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A tidal turbine before installation | Credit: Nova Innovation
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A tidal turbine before installation | Credit: Nova Innovation

Developer pushes forward with plans to build second offshore tidal array in the waters around the Shetland Islands

Tidal energy pioneer Nova Innovation has announced plans to develop a 15MW array off the coast of the Shetlands, which the firm envisages being capable of meeting up to a third of the islands' household...

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