Spain’s Bay of Biscay Wave Harvest

Wave device of 30 kW installed in Spain

Ivan Shumkov, November 16, 2016 (SeeNews Renewables)

“…A British-Spanish collaborative research team has completed] the final section of Oceantec's 30-kW wave energy system at the Bay of Biscay [Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) for testing and demonstrating ocean energy devices] on the northern coast of Spain…[The Marmok-5 device was commissioned after the team] successfully installed a monitoring system that would provide high-resolution measurement of mooring tensions and device motions…[The several year, several phase] project has received support under OPERA (Open Sea Operating Experience to Reduce Wave Energy Cost), the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme…” The Biscay Marine Energy Platform (click here for more)

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