Everything about Wave Farm totally explained
A
wave farm or
wave power farm is a collection of machines in the same location and used for the
generation of
wave power electricity.
Portugal
Portugal continues to develop the world's first commercial wave farm, the
Aguçadora Wave Park near
Póvoa de Varzim. The farm will initially use three
Pelamis P-750 machines generating 2.25 MW. Initial costs are put at 8,5 million
euro. Subject to successful operation, a further 70 million euro is likely to be invested before
2009 on a further 28 machines to generate 525 MW ola.
United Kingdom
Funding for a wave farm in
Scotland was announced on
February 20 2007 by the
Scottish Executive, at a cost of over
£4 million, as part of a £13 million funding packages for
marine power in Scotland. The farm will be the world's largest with a capacity of 3MW generated by four Pelamis machines.. See also:
Renewable energy in Scotland.
Funding for a wave farm known as
Wave hub off the north coast of
Cornwall,
England was approved in June 2007. The
Wave hub operates as an extension cable allowing developers to install and operate wave energy generating devices while keeping down connection costs. Four device operators have expressed an interest in using the site which will initially allow up to 20MW of wave energy capacity.
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