Oceanflow uses Siemens Technology for Tidal Turbine
· Siemens Leeds provides gear unit and inverter for tidal specialist · UK-developed, world-leading technologySiemens gear units from Leeds are being featured in a new tidal turbine to be situated off the South Kintyre peninsula in Scotland. Oceanflow Energy’s Evopod is a semi-submersible turbine which incorporates Siemens gear and inverter units. As a floating, tethered device, it has lower installation costs than seabed mounted devices, and it is claimed to impose less disturbance on sensitive seabed ecosystems. Scale models of the turbine have been extensively tested in the North