Orbital Marine Power's O2 turbine ntawm Orkney Islands, sab qaum teb ntawm Scottish mainland, thaum lub Cuaj Hli 2021. Scotland tau dhau los ua ib lub chaw rau cov tuam txhab thiab cov haujlwm tsom mus rau tidal zog thiab marine zog feem ntau.
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Scottish engineering tuam txhab Orbital Marine Power tau hais rau hnub Monday nws tau txais £ 8 lab ($ 9.64 lab) hauv kev pab nyiaj rau "nyiaj txiag rau kev ua haujlwm tsis tu ncua" ntawm nws O2 tidal turbine, nyob rau hauv lwm kauj ruam rau pem hauv ntej rau lub fledgling tidal fais fab sector.
Hauv tsab ntawv tshaj tawm, Orbital Marine Power tau hais tias £ 4 lab tau los ntawm Scottish National Investment Bank, uas tau tsim los ntawm tsoomfwv Scottish thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2020. Lwm £ 4 lab yog los ntawm Kev nqis peev ntau, los ntawm ntau dua 1,000 tus neeg ua lag luam.
"Cov chaw nuj nqis no yuav tau txais kev pabcuam los ntawm kev muag khoom mus sij hawm ntev ntawm hluav taws xob los ntawm lub tshuab hluav taws xob, kwv yees nyob ib ncig ntawm 100 gigawatt teev ntawm lub zog huv si, xa mus rau UK daim phiaj lossis hydrogen electrolysers dhau nws lub neej txoj haujlwm," Orbital tau hais.
Raws li Orbital Marine Power, nws 2-megawatt O2 hnyav 680 metric tons thiab muaj 74-meter hull qauv. Lub tuam txhab piav qhia txog O2, uas siv 10-meter hniav thiab pib tsim hluav taws xob txuas hluav taws xob xyoo tas los, raws li "lub ntiaj teb muaj zog tshaj tidal turbine."
Mark Munro, tus thawj coj ntawm SNIB, tau hais tias nws cov peev hauv Orbital ua raws li nws "lub luag haujlwm los txhawb kev tsim kho tshiab hauv tsev thiab hloov pauv lub zog xwb."
"Lub tuam txhab tshwj xeeb thiab ua kom muaj peev xwm mus kom ze rau tidal kwj zog muaj lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv kev taug kev mus rau net xoom," Munro ntxiv.
Scotland tau muaj kev koom tes ntev nrog North Sea roj thiab roj ntau lawm, tab sis nyob rau hauv xyoo tas los no nws kuj tau los ua ib lub chaw rau cov tuam txhab thiab tej yaam num tsom rau tidal zog thiab marine zog feem ntau.
Orkney, ib lub archipelago nyob rau hauv dej sab qaum teb ntawm mainland Scotland, yog lub tsev rau European Marine Energy Center. Ntawm EMEC, yoj thiab tidal zog tsim tawm tuaj yeem sim thiab ntsuas lawv cov thev naus laus zis hauv hiav txwv qhib. Orbital's O2 turbine nyob ntawm qhov chaw EMEC.
Xyoo tas los, New York-listed TechnipFMC, uas muab kev siv thev naus laus zis rau kev lag luam hluav taws xob, tshaj tawm kev nqis peev hauv Orbital Marine Power.