Shipments Begin for Commercial-scale Wave Energy Project

A large transport ship arrived in the Western Isles to load up and transport the first of three Pelamis Wave Energy Converters destined for Portugal. Last year Ocean Power Delivery (OPD) announced the signing of an order with a Portuguese consortium, led by Enersis, to build the initial phase of the world’s first commercial wave-farm to generate renewable electricity from ocean waves.

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The first stage consists of three 750-kW Pelamis machines with a combined rating of 2.25 MW. A letter of intent has been issued to order 28 more Pelamis machines before the end of 2006 subject to satisfactory performance of the initial phase. When complete, the eventual 22.5 MW project is expected to meet the average electricity demand for more than 15,000 Portuguese households while displacing more than 60,000 tons per year of carbon dioxide emissions from a conventional generating plant.

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