Tidal array cost reduction: Testing a removable nacelle design for DeltaStream Technology

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Tidal Energy Limited (TEL), the UK technology company behind the DeltaStream tidal stream turbine and ownerand operator of the Ramsey Sound test site in Pembrokeshire, is working with the Marine Energy ResearchGroups of both Cardiff and Swansea Universities to design, analyse, construct and test a new removable nacellesystem.The project is aimed at significantly reducing the operation and maintenance costs associated with commercialtidal turbines, as well as identify operational limits and robust equipment to withstand the demanding physicalcharacteristics of the marine environment.Success of the project will accelerate TEL's plans to implement arrays of DeltaStream turbines thereby helpingarrest climate change, ensure security of supply and help to develop the new tidal energy industry, creatingthousands of new jobs in UK.