Introduction to Ocean Prospect
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Introduction to Ocean Prospect
Ocean Prospect was created to develop marine energy projects and is part of the Wind Prospect group. The company’s first project, WestWave (pictured) is a proposed wave farm 10 nautical miles off the south west coast of England. The project is being developed in partnership with E.ON UK and will consist of up to 5MW of Pelamis wave energy converters.
WestWave will be part of Wave Hub, the world’s ?rst large scale wave farm which was consented by the UK Government in September 2007.
Renewable Electricity Generation
Why West Wave?
The UK is well placed in terms of marine energy. There is significant wave resource around the country, some of the best in the world. It has been estimated that marine renewables could meet 15% to 20% of current UK electricity demand.
E.ON is committed to helping build the UK’s marine capabilities to harness the potential of our seas. West Wave will allow us to learn about wave energy developments and gain experience of the marine environment.
The West Wave Project would:
Supply enough electricity for up to 3,000 homes
Displace around 11,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year
Ocean Prospect
We are developing West Wave jointly with Ocean Prospect, a subsidiary of Wind Prospect.
Wave Hub Project
South West England Wave Hub Project
Wave Hub is a groundbreaking renewable energy project in the South West of England that aims to create the UK’s first offshore facility for the demonstration and proving of the operation of arrays of wave energy generation devices.
An artist’s impression of the Wave Hub. The wave energy converters are the ‘MRC1000′ being developed by ORECon of Plymouth (right) and ‘Pelamis’ by Pelamis Wave Power Ltd of Edinburgh.
Image by Industrial Art Studio Ltd, St Ives, Cornwall.
www.ind-art.co.uk
To use waves’ potential
Ocean may one day be lighting coastal homes under an ambitious plan to bring emerging wave energy technology to Oregon – and Sea Grant was there at the start.
- Introduction to wave energy
(video) and (transcript) - How wave energy works
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- Survival of wave energy generators (video) and(transcript)
- Oregon as a leader in wave energy
( video) and (transcript) - Community impacts of wave energy
(video) and (transcript) - Community involvement: the Port Liaison Project
(video) and (transcript)
Alan Wallace, one of the lead researchers in OSU’s wave energy work, died in 2006. The work he helped pioneer continues.
Latest News
Wave Hub managing contractor appointed
17 November 2008, One of the world’s leading subsea engineering companies has been appointed to manage the design, procurement and construction of Wave Hub.
Interesting Mechanism to Supply enough electricity for up to 3,000 homes