Tidal Power Licensing in Scotland: Sound of Islay Demonstrator

Licensing is now complete for the 10 MW Sound of Islay demonstration tidal array; one of the first in the world and consisting of 10 Hammerfest Strom’s HS 1000 devices.

The tidal array will be constructed in the Sound of Islay, between the islands of Jura and Islay on the west coast of Scotland. The generating devices will be fully submerged on the seabed just south of Port Askaig. Each of the 10 turbines will be connected to an onshore substation by subsea cables. The cables come ashore near Daimhsgeir where they run about 2 km inland to a new onshore substation.