Morlais Development Zone
Located off the coast of Holy Island, Anglesey in Wales, UK an area of seabed near the Ynys Cybi (Holy Island).
- Morlais is being developed by Menter Mon, a social enterprise in north Wales, in partnership with the Welsh government, commercial entities and other third parties.
- The project aims to benefit local communities, the economy and help tackle climate change by using renewable energy to generate clean low carbon electricity.
- The project has the potential to generate up to 240 MW of low carbon clean energy.
Menter Mon will provide the infrastructure for developers, including Verdant Power, to deploy devices on a commercial scale and connect to a UK electricity transmission and distribution company.
Project Stages:
- The first stage was completed with the Welsh Government and Natural Resource Wales awarding consent for the project in December 2021.
- The second stage is underway and includes construction of onshore infrastructure to prepare for deployment of tidal energy devices.
- The third stage will be the deployment of tidal energy devices by developers, each within their own designated berth.
Tidal devices will be installed in phases with ongoing monitoring to reduce project development risks and ensure the tidal device deployment does not have negative impact on the environment.
Verdant Power, Operating as Verdant Isles Limited, was awarded a 5MW project at Morlais in the UK Government’s Contract for Differences (CfD) Allocation Round 5 (AR5).
- In 2024 Verdant Power developed a partnership with Inyanga Marine Energy Group who was awarded a 10 MW project near the site.
- Inyanga will oversee engineering, procurement, construction, and installation for the project and a long-term operations and maintenance contract.