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3MW Turbine Drive Train Test Facility

Construction of the facility is progressing on schedule and test equipment will arrive on site for installation in Q1 2012 ready for commissioning in early Spring.The 3MW capacity turbine drive train will perform accelerated lifetime testing of whole turbine nacelles and the individual drive train components of prototype tidal power generation devices.

It will simulate the environmental loads likely to be experienced by a tidal device offshore, in a controlled environment onshore to reduce the financial risk and improve reliability for developers, before full demonstration and deployment at sea.

The facility will de-risk tidal power generation technologies by allowing Narec to perform certification activities, reliability and performance appraisal of new devices to be carried out in a fully controlled environment.

Further information on the Drive Train is available here.

Accreditation

Narec is engaged in a programme of independent verification to demonstrate the capability of the systems and is accredited by DNV, ASTA and UKAS.
Narec is currently planning to increase site wide UKAS to BS EN ISO/IEC 17025 to include the new 3MW Drive Train Test Facility.

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