Aquamarine Power Reveals New Wave Power Generator
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Aquamarine Power has unveiled a new wave power generator that produces 250% more electricity than its predecessor. The Aquamarine Power Oyster 2 hydraulic power generator can produce up to 800-kilowatts of electricity from underwater currents.
The Aquamarine Power Oyster 2 is quite a sizable hydr0-electric generator. It measures a stunning 26 meters long and can produce up to 800-kilowatts of electricity alone. Aquamarine Power plans to install a 20-unit wave farm capable of producing enough power for 12,000 homes annually. Aquamarine Power will begin testing its Oyster 2 wave power generator in Scotland in 2011. They will be installing three test units off-shore that will be connected to a 2.4-megawatt hydro-electric power generator on-shore.
Aquamarine Power has developed the Oyster 2 in part thanks to the help of the UK government. Between different grants and climate change awards, Aquamarine Power has raised $31 million to build, test and develop the Oyster line of wave power generators. While time will tell if these wave power systems can be as cost-effective as on-shore or off-shore wind power, they are a step in a new direction for a form of electricity generation for the UK and beyond.
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I’ve been befuddled for years as to why tidal or wave generation of electrical power has not taken hold. To me it just makes common sense. What is it about this source of energy that makes it so hard to catch on? I hear that it may not be cost effective yet I can find no figures to support that. The technology and mechanics of it seem quite simple to me. Can you shed some light on the real reasons this does not take hold? Thanks and keep up the good work.