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Wavegen
and SEV, the Faroese electricity company, are jointly developing
a wave power station based on a series of Wavegen’s air turbine
power generation modules.
The entire project, worth up to £7m, is a blueprint for wave power
stations in similar locations both in the Faroes and other parts
of the world.
The joint venture brings together Wavegen’s world-class experience
in harnessing wave energy and the tunnelling experience of the
Faroese.
The
combination of these technologies is a logical and powerful development
in the commercialisation of Wavegen’s shoreline wave energy converters.
The
Faroese power station is based on the oscillating water column
technology successfully developed by Wavegen at its Islay plant.
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The
key innovative feature is the use of tunnels cut into the cliffs
on the shoreline to form the chamber which captures the energy
The new design offers a novel and complementary approach to shoreline
devices that is well-protected and unobtrusive.
It also overcomes one of the main challenges facing the development
of on-shore wave power in the Faroes – the high cliffs that surround
the islands.
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