Orbital Marine Power Ltd (Orbital), working with Thompsons of Prudhoe and Port of Blyth, has decommissioned its prototype 2 MW SR2000 floating tidal turbine. Heavy lift specialists Mammoet managed the tandem lift of the 516 t structure out of the water and onto the Blyth quayside in what was the port’s largest heavy lift to date.
Orbital is reclaiming key components and elements of the turbine to carry out engineering inspections, with the remainder of the structure to be dismantled for recycling and disposal. The unit was towed from Orkney to the Northumberland facility, UK, by Leask Marine using the C-Odyssey vessel.
