Tocardo arrive in Orkney

Published on May 3 2017

Leask Marine have recently successfully completed a marine renewable energy project for Tocardo International B.V., by assisted the leading Dutch Tidal Energy Company, installing their mooring system and TFS Tidal Turbine device at EMEC’s grid-connected tidal test site at the Fall of Warness in Orkney.

Tocardo International B.V announced that “With the installation at EMEC’s site, Tocardo is readying for large scale roll-out of its generic solution for tidal energy production. The next installation is foreseen in Canada at the FORCE and Petit Passage locations. Led by Tocardo, the project brings together Orkney based companies EMEC and Leask Marine, and French research institute IFREMER. Tocardo has already been working with international shipyard DAMEN, as well as Leask Marine, Bryan J Rendall Electrical and Aquatera in Orkney for the system deployment at EMEC’s tidal site.”