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Probably the world’s first commercial wave power project opened off the coast of Portugal this week.

In 2004 Green ISP added a feature about this kind of Wave Power generating technology; see: http://www.greenisp.net/sea.htm

The 9 Million Euro Aguçadoura project is the first of a series wave energy projects by the Ondas de Portugal (Waves of Portugal) group of cpmpanies, which is made up of Babcock & Brown, Energias de Portugal and Efacec.

The Wave geenator itself will generate power using three Pelamis wave energy converters - semi-submerged structures made up of cylindrical sections linked by hinged joints - located about three miles off the coast.

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The full press release is here.

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The Technology:

We will see the manufacture and installation of a further25 wave power machines in the second phase of the project , bringing the power capacity up to 21MW.

British company Pelamis Wave Power is providing the equipment for the Aguçadoura project, which it has a 23 per cent  share in.

When it’s complete the project is expected to produce enough electricity to power more than 15,000 Portuguese households and displace more than 60,000 tonnes per year of CO2 emissions from conventional power plants.

Image Credit: OPD

Phil Metcalf, CEO of Pelamis Wave Power, said at the inauguration of the project this week.
“‚We see this project as an important strategic step  to  underpin  continued  commercial  growth and technological  development. We  can certainly  predict that  Portugal  will  benefit  substantially  from  taking  this  visionary lead  in developing its wave energy resources.”

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