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Sound of Islay
Atlantis purchased the Sound of Islay site from Scottish Power Renewables in 2016. In April 2016, a Marine Licence was issued relating to the deployment of a turbine array with capacity of up to 10 MW, up to 10 gravity base substructures and cabling to the shore. The project has full consent, grid and an agreement for lease from the Crown Estate. Atlantis intended to build out the site in 2018, however at the time of writing there has been no further progress in development of the site. The timing of delivery of the project is subject to innovative power purchase agreement legislation.
Additional Information
Project Status
Is the project actively being planned or is deployed in the water (active)? Or was the project canceled or completed (inactive)?
Inactive
Project Life Cycle
Project Progress through life cycle:
- Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment
- Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active
- Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water
- Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations
- Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water
Decommissioned
Max Rated Power Capacity
The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.
10 MW
Operational Start Year
2010
Energy Resource
- Tidal
Project Scale
Full-scale
Number of Devices
8
Grid Connectivity
Not Grid Connected
Waterbody
Malin
Site Characteristics
Geographic characterization for the project location:
- Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land
- Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary
- Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water
- Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land
- River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water
Coastal
Country
United Kingdom
Last Modified
9 June 2025
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Citation Formats
“Sound of Islay.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Sound_of_Islay. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.
Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects. <year>. "Sound of Islay." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Sound_of_Islay.
