Monday 6 September 2010

Worlds biggest Wave Energy site set to go live

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World's biggest wave energy site off Cornish coast set to go live

The world's biggest wave energy site is about to go live after the successful installation of a giant socket on the sea bed off Britain.

The £42M Wave Hub has been lowered to the seabed off Cornwall using a crane on board the cable laying ship Nordica and touched down on Friday.

The project aims to create the UK's first offshore facility which will
demonstrate the operation of wave energy generation devices.

Pieces of Wave Hub are installed on the seabed following a delicate operation to lower the hub into 55 metres of water, 10 miles off Hayle, in Cornwall
Artist's impression of the Wave Hub project, linked to shore by a subsea cable (in red) with different types of wave energy devices attached to the hub so their performance can be evaluated

Artist's impression of the Wave Hub project, linked to shore by a subsea cable (in red) with different types of wave energy devices attached to the hub so their performance can be evaluated

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