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Update - Ocean Power Catches a Wave

Authors :
Willie D. Jones
Source :
IEEE Spectrum. 45:14-14
Publication Year :
2008
Publisher :
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2008.

Abstract

Three snakelike wave-power generators built by Edinburgh's Pelamis Wave Power delivers 2.25 megawatts through an undersea cable to the Portuguese coastal town of Agucadoura. Within a year, another 28 generators should come online there, boosting the capacity to 22.5 MW. That may be a trickle of power, but the project represents a new push into wave and tidal power as governments eye the oceans as a way to meet their renewable energy targets.

Details

ISSN :
00189235
Volume :
45
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
IEEE Spectrum
Accession number :
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