A flow of energy TIDAL POWER

Tidal
Power Plant
Afsluitdijk
Netherlands

More than 300 kilo watt installed capacity electricity for 100 households robust and reliable technology

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Tidal Power Plant
Afsluitdijk Netherlands
Demonstrating multi-turbine array
Tocardo has installed three of its T1 tidal turbines in the
Dutch ‘Afsluitdijk’, a 32 km long primary sea defence. The
Future:
Tocardo and Tidal Testing Centre have installed the
three turbines are the first to be installed closely together in
three-turbine array as part of a recent agreement to
an array. Dutch Tidal Testing Centre, a long-standing partner
cooperate for three-to-five years to expand the tidal test
of Tocardo, manages the project. All electricity produced
facility in the Afsluitdijk, where outflow of fresh water into
will be fed into the grid. The turbines will give us vital data
the Wadden Sea creates powerful tidal flows. The array’s
and experience in turbine arrays. As the world’s only turbine
installation is supported by the ‘Waddenfonds’, a not-for
manufacturer capable of installing this type of multi-turbi-
profit organisation promoting sustainable development in
ne installation, we can now monitor the array in turbulent
the Dutch Wadden Sea region. The project is also backed
waters and see how the turbines interact.
by the national and local Dutch governments, which are
focused on strengthening the country’s sea defence.
The turbine array is the latest for Tocardo in the area, in
The functionality of the Afsluitdijk will also be improved by
addition to its existing tidal turbine that has already been
implementing and combining ecology, tourism, mobility
producing electricity for more than 8 years. The array will
and renewable energy as a showcase of the Dutch water
have a capacity of more than 300 kW, producing electrici-
technology expertise.
ty for about 100 households. The project partners plan to
implement additional tidal installations, with a capacity of up
to 2 MW, in the Afsluitdijk. 

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