E.ON quits wave farm project

 

A consortium of energy company E.ON and Bristol-based partner Ocean Prospect, who were to trial up to seven floating snake-like energy devices, yesterday said they would focus on testing wave technology at a rival site in Orkney.

 

With the Scottish scheme likely to be up and running a year before Cornwall's Wave Hub, E.ON explained its decision was predicated on getting "a machine into the water as quickly as possible".

Financial crisis for Orecon

     

Published Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Bodmin-based wave energy developer Orecon faces closure by the end of January if it cannot attract fresh investment.

US company signs up to 'plug into' Wave Hub

   

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT), which is behind a wave energy converter called the PowerBuoy

E.ON Press Release   

E.ON on the crest of a wave.

 

E.ON to test Pelamis wave power device as first step towards commercialisation

 

E.ON, one of the UK’s leading renewable generators, has announced today (9th February 2009) that it will shortly be generating electricity from the waves. As part of its staged approach towards developing the potential of marine energy, E.ON will buy, install and test a wave power device in UK waters. The initial test programme will be with a single 750kW Pelamis device that is currently being built in Edinburgh, and which will be installed and tested at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. E.ON will become the first utility to test a marine energy device at EMEC, which is the only grid connected marine test facility in Europe.

 

The Pelamis device is expected to be fully operational in 2010.