Scotland to commission biggest wave power generator

Energy utility Scottish Power is constructing the world’s biggest wave power generation plant near the Orkney Islands after the Scottish Executive has given the go ahead and funding for the 13-million-pound project.

Scottish Power said it hopes to commission the 3MW wave power plant in 2008. The plant will comprise four wave power generators, to be built at the European Marine Energy Centre on Orkney and developed by the Leith-based Ocean Power Delivery. The plant will generate power that will be sufficient to light 2,000 homes, the firm said in a statement.
Scottish Power’s director of renewables Keith Anderson, said the Pelamis device, which is one of the critical components of the plant, has been tested at the European Marine Energy Centre. The success of the Pelamis device could help Scotland be a leader in the world on marine energy, he added.

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