Wavegen Commences Operation In Scotland
Posted by Big Gav in islay, ocean power, scotland, wave power, wavegen
Renewable Energy Access has a report on an ocean power project that has launched in Scotland - WaveGen Unit Begins Operations.
Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation has begun operating a 100-kilowatt (kW) Wavegen Limpet turbine off the coast of Islay in Scotland. The turbine is installed in Wavegen's Limpet facility on the island and is the prototype for the Siadar Wave Energy Project (SWEP).
The project is under development by npower renewables, RWE Innogy's UK operating company, on Scotland's largest island, the Isle of Lewis and Harris.
Integrated into a breakwater scheme, when completed, this plant would harness power from the Atlantic waves in Siadar Bay to generate up to 4 megawatts of electricity. Once plans are given the go ahead by the Scottish Government, building work could start as early as 2009. Voith Siemens Hydro, Wavegen owners, developed the turbine project with support from the Scottish government’s Wave and Tidal Energy Support (WATES) scheme.
The BBC also has a report on the launch, including a video demonstrating the turbine's operation - New turbine to harness wave power. I think we'll eventually see the world's coastlines sprinkled with these sorts of devices, generating clean energy forevermore...
A turbine designed to be the forerunner of the UK's first commercial wave power station has been officially switched on in Argyll and Bute. The device on Islay was set in motion by Scottish Energy Minister and local MSP Jim Mather.
Inverness-based Wavegen plans to install 40 of the turbines off Siader on Lewis in the Western Isles. It would produce enough power for 1,500 homes and create a much-needed breakwater for boats.
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