EANS-News: ANDRITZ to supply tidal current turbines to MeyGen, Scotland
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Graz/Vienna, November 06, 2014. ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest, part of
international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order from MeyGen Ltd.
to supply three 1.5-megawatt tidal current turbines to the planned tidal
array in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth, Scotland. Tidal current
turbines are anchored to the sea bed in coastal waters and driven by rising
and falling tides. Commissioning of the three turbines is scheduled for the
end of 2016.
The order placed with ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest is the first commercial order
worldwide to supply tidal current turbines and part of the first project phase
in completion of the MeyGen tidal array, which is the largest development
project worldwide for a tidal turbine array. In the long-term, MeyGen is
planning to install a total of 269 turbines with an overall output of 398
megawatts, which will provide predictable, renewable, and sustainable energy
for 175,000 Scottish households.
ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest is one of the world's leading companies in the
development and supply of tidal current turbines to generate electricity from
renewable energy sources.
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The ANDRITZ GROUP
The ANDRITZ GROUP is a globally leading supplier of plants, equipment, and
services for hydropower stations, the pulp and paper industry, the metalworking
and steel industries, and solid/liquid separation in the municipal and
industrial sectors. The publicly listed, international technology Group is
headquartered in Graz, Austria, and has a staff of around 24,100 employees.
ANDRITZ operates over 250 production sites as well as service and sales
companies all around the world. The ANDRITZ GROUP ranks among the global
market leaders in all four of its business areas. One of the Group's overall
strategic goals is to strengthen and extend this position. At the same time,
the company aims to secure the continuation of profitable growth in the long
term.
ANDRITZ HYDRO
ANDRITZ HYDRO supplies electromechanical equipment for hydropower stations.
With over 170 years of accumulated experience and more than 30,000 turbines
installed totaling approximately 420,000 megawatts of output, the business
area is one of the world's leading system suppliers, offering the complete
product portfolio, including turbines, generators, and additional equipment
of all types and sizes: "from water to wire" for small-scale and large
hydropower stations up to outputs of more than 800 megawatts per turbine unit.
ANDRITZ HYDRO is also well-positioned in the growing maintenance, refurbishment,
and upgrade market for existing hydropower plants. Pumps (for water transport,
irrigation, and applications for various industries) and turbo-generators for
thermal power stations are also part of the business area.
Further inquiry note:
Oliver Pokorny
Group Treasury, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Tel.: +43 316 6902 1332
Fax: +43 316 6902 465
mailto:oliver.pokorny@andritz.com
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