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Atlantis to assist with development of first commercial-scale tidal array in South East Asia

Atlantis Resources Limited has announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with SBS INTL LTD to develop 150MW of tidal energy in Indonesia.

Under this Agreement, Atlantis and SBS will establish a joint venture to develop a 150MW tidal stream site in Indonesia. The total cost of this commercial array has been estimated at US $750 million and will be constructed over a number of stages. SBS has completed a feasibility study and the project will be supported by a 25-year power purchase agreement with the state-owned Electricity company, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN).

Tim Cornelius, CEO of Atlantis, commented, "The Indonesian archipelago of over 17,000 islands represents an extremely promising tidal stream resource. We are looking forward to working with SBS on this exciting project that offers the potential to provide highly predictable tidal stream power generation to the people of Indonesia.”

He continued, “This also represents an opportunity for us to demonstrate our industry leading tidal energy technology in a range of tidal conditions and export some of the intellectual property we have created through the development of the MeyGen project from Scotland to other parts of the world.”

Michael Spencer, Group Chairman and CEO of SBS, stated: “After more than three years of research into Indonesia’s archipelagic ocean resources, resulting in an exclusive offshore site development agreement with state-owned utility PLN, we are progressing toward signing a bankable 25-year Feed-in Tariff for the project. SBS acknowledges and welcomes Atlantis Resources’ world-leading manufacturing experience, technology and UK tidal current experience.”

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