Nova Innovation has got a £2m cash injection from Scottish Enterprise to advance its tidal turbine manufacturing to a global level.
Nova’s VOLT (volume manufacturing and logistics for tidal energy) project is developing the first European assembly line to mass manufacture tidal turbines, trialling new techniques and tools to ship, deploy and monitor turbines around the world.
The project will also examine how to improve turbine performance, logistics for mass manufacture to ensure cost-effective delivery of tidal turbines.
VOLT also aims to deliver an adaptable remote observation platform (ROP) for rapid environmental monitoring of tidal energy sites.
The Edinburgh-based company's turbines have been powering the Shetland grid for more than five years and will soon be deployed in North America and mainland Europe.
The VOLT project will run from 2021 to 2023.
Simon Forrest, chief executive at Nova Innovation, said: “This support is significant and very welcome as it sees Nova and the wider sector shift onto an industrial footing - it is an endorsement of Nova’s global ambition to transform the power of our seas into clean, predictable energy, empowering coastal communities all around the world.
Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero Michael Matheson added: “With our abundant natural resources and expertise, Scotland is ideally-placed to harness the enormous global market for marine energy whilst helping deliver a net-zero economy both here and across the world - that’s why we are determined to help the sector grow and develop.”
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