THE PROBLEM The Minesto wave energy project in Holyhead Deep off the coast of North West Wales, is a novel application,which flies a “kite” subsea, generating electricity via a turbine mounted in the front of the device. The kite moves in a figure of eight on its side and through 180 degrees as the tide turns. The loads imparted to the seabed anchor connector are constantly varying in magnitude and direction, so the client approached Acteon’s sister company, SRP, to design a bespoke solution to counter these high stresses, based on their standard current connector technology. Having worked on many innovative projects with SRP previously, Probe were the ideal partner to manufacture, assemble and test the complete connector. THE SOLUTION SRP offered a variant on their qualified

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