HydroWing awarded additional 10MW, advancing world-leading tidal energy project at Morlais

Feb. 10 – HydroWing Tidal Energy Projects, part of Inyanga Marine Energy Group, has been awarded a further 10MW for its Ynni’r Lleuad Project at Morlais in Wales in today’s announcement of the UK government’s Allocation Round 7a (AR7a) Contracts forDifference (CfD) awards.

This additional capacity builds on the 20MW already awarded to HydroWing through earlier rounds of CfD and under development. It represents a major step forward in the industrialisation of tidal energy inAnglesey.

The Phase 3 project is scheduled for delivery in 2030 and will make the HydroWing Morlais Project the largest tidal energy project in the world.

Once completed, the project will deploy 18 × 1.67MW HydroWing HW3 tidal energy devices.

The first HydroWing device is scheduled for deployment at Morlais in 2027 as part of Phase 1A.

Richard Parkinson, CEO of Inyanga Marine Energy Group, said: “This latest award allows us to focus on economies of scale and drive momentum towards delivering clean and stable power to the grid in Anglesey at an industrial scale.

“The award enables us to drive costs down while unlocking the investment necessary to make this project a reality. Our team is working extremely hard with our supply chain and investment partners as we ramp up manufacturing and move towards delivery.”

Andy Billcliff, Chief Executive of Menter Môn Morlais Ltd, added: “Today’s announcement is fantastic news for our tidal stream project at Morlais, cementing our position at the global forefront of tidal stream technology.”

About Inyanga Marine Energy Group

Inyanga Marine Energy Group develops cutting-edge solutions for the global offshore renewables industry. Inyanga Marine Energy Group operates a highly experienced and specialised team of offshore engineers from their head office in Falmouth, UK. The company also has offices in Quimper in France, Anglesey in Wales, and Nova Scotia in Canada.

Inyanga Marine Energy Group has two divisions – HydroWing, which focuses on tidal energy technology development, and Inyanga Maritime, which delivers offshore engineering and installation. The company aims to advance through to deployment of the innovative tidal energy converter, the HydroWing, to provide cost-effective, reliable, and predictable power to communities around the globe.

Today’s announcement of a further 10MW project at Morlais though Contracts for Difference (CfD) AfD 7a comes on top of earlier CfD awards. In September 2024, Inyanga Marine Energy Group was awarded 10MW for their tidal energy project at Morlais through Allocation Round 6 (AR6) of the UK government’s CfD scheme. This doubled the scale of their project, which uses their innovative HydroWing technology, to 20MW, building on their successful 10MW award in the previous allocation round. This allocation was the largest tidal stream project in the UK in the latest Contracts for Difference round.

In May 2025, the Welsh Government announced a £2 million equity investment in Inyanga Marine Energy Group, reinforcing Wales’ commitment to renewable energy development.

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