Project Sites
Current Orbital Project Locations – UK
Estimates show that up to 11% of the UK’s current electricity demand could be met by harnessing the tidal streams that occur in UK waters, with even greater potential across Europe.
This map shows the initial projects which Orbital plans to start in the UK. The company has plans to develop further multi-MW tidal stream projects in the UK and other countries across the world where there is viable tidal stream resource to help make the transition to a net zero future.
Isle of Wight
The Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) site, located to the south of the Isle of Wight, where tidal flow is the strongest, is where Orbital plans to install turbines.
Anglesey/Ynys Môn
Orbital is targeting deployments at the Morlais project off the coast of Holy Island, Anglesey, to benefit local communities, the economy and help tackle climate change.
Fall of Warness
Orkney, Fall of Warness, Project
Orbital already has under operation the world’s most powerful tidal turbine, O2. It will shortly be joined by a further commercial turbine under the FORWARD2030 project, which aims to combine predictable floating tidal energy, wind generation, grid export, battery storage and green hydrogen production.
Westray
Orkney, Westray, Project
In 2023 Orbital was awarded a 30MW Option Agreement from Crown Estate Scotland for a new tidal energy project in the Westray Firth, adjacent to the EMEC site where the O2 turbine is currently in operation. The waters around Orkney have significant wider tidal stream energy potential and the Westray site offers just one example of how this can be harnessed to provide clean, predictable power.
Current Orbital Project Locations – UK
Estimates show that up to 11% of the UK’s current electricity demand could be met by harnessing the tidal streams that occur in UK waters, with even greater potential across Europe.
This map shows the initial projects which Orbital plans to start in the UK. The company has plans to develop further multi-MW tidal stream projects in the UK and other countries across the world where there is viable tidal stream resource to help make the transition to a net zero future.