The world's largest offshore wave power plant
By Bruno De Wachter / Published on Fri, 2006-12-22 08:30Further reading
Due for commissioning in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
The world's largest wave powered electricity generation plant is almost ready to go into operation on the coast of Póvoa de Varzim in northern Portugal. It uses the same Pelamis system from Pelamis Wave Power (formerly Ocean Power Delivery Ltd) that was successfully tested at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney. It consists of three 750 kW units, for a total of 2.25 MW. Two units have already been installed at the site. The third unit is currently being assembled at the Peniche shipyard.
Tagged with
Rating
People who read this also read
Popular content
- - Checklist for the electrical installation in the home
- - Report - Renewables Support Schemes and Grid Integration Policies
- - Virtual earthing electrode
- - What percentage of which car type (total 100%) do you expect in Europe in 2050? And ditto for 2020 and 2030?
- - Intelligent control of network-connected convertors
- 444446 page views this month
- 45692 email subscribers
- 5198 registered users
- 772 RSS readers (via feedburner)
Comments
Scotland taking over in 2008?
By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Tue, 2007-02-27 9:23 World records in a fast developing field like renewables are shortlived. Scotland announced a 3 MW wave power plant for 2008.Reply
What is the maker of the 3 MW wave power plant?
By wangqixiong / Published on Thu, 2008-06-05 10:20Dear Sir,
How advanced is the technology, sea wave power plant? Who is the maker or the technology owner? Is the company interested in the market in China?
I am looking forward to getting reply from you, or the company who is the owner of the technology/maker.
Yours sincerely,
WANG Qixiong
KAT Aquatic Technology (H.K.) Co., Limited Beijing Representative Office.
Phone: 0086-10-67611332
Reply
When do we see the first combined wave and wind power plant?
By Aanund Ottesen / Published on Fri, 2007-10-26 22:16 I have patented an ocean wave rig of the overtopping type. Wave Dragon, who is in the same category will be at sea in 2009. Wave Dragon is 300m long and big enough to house one or more wind turbines, but so fare this is not a part of the strategy at the wave power plant outside Wales. Wind and waves at the oceans represents a lot of energy and if the rigs are placed in the south pacific or in the south atlantic hydrogen will be an alternativ to cables. An alternativ to the OWWE rig(www.owwe.net) is wave pumps(point absorbers). The pnaumatic stabilized rig with wave pumps is effective but not as secure as the OWWE rig. Funding is the problem to day, but when the oil price rize funding ocean energy will be of more interest.Reply