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65-498: The Wave Hub is an offshore renewable energy research project, originally developed for wave power , but following limited interest is being developed for floating offshore wind . The project is developed approximately 10 miles (16 km) off Hayle , on the north coast of Cornwall , United Kingdom. The hub was installed on the seabed in September 2010, and is a 'socket' sitting on the seabed for devices to be plugged into. It

130-451: A 300% increase (600 kW) in power generation compared to a buoy without phase adjustments in tests completed in 2024. These devices use multiple floating segments connected to one another. They are oriented perpendicular to incoming waves. A flexing motion is created by swells, and that motion drives hydraulic pumps to generate electricity. The Pelamis Wave Energy Converter is one of the more well-known attenuator concepts, although this

195-586: A cable or rope is wound around the winch, pulling a weight attached to the opposite end. The Greek scientist Archimedes was the inventor of the windlass. A surviving medieval windlass, dated to 1360  –1400, is in the Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield . The oldest depiction of a windlass for raising water can be found in the Book of Agriculture published in 1313 by the Chinese official Wang Zhen of

260-511: A device width much smaller than the incoming wavelength λ. Energy is absorbed by radiating a wave with destructive interference to the incoming waves. Buoys use the swells' rise and fall to generate electricity directly via linear generators , generators driven by mechanical linear-to-rotary converters, or hydraulic pumps. Energy extracted from waves may affect the shoreline, implying that sites should remain well offshore. One point absorber design tested at commercial scale by CorPower features

325-402: A long series of trial projects. Attempts to use this energy began in 1890 or earlier, mainly due to its high power density . Just below the ocean's water surface the wave energy flow, in time-average, is typically five times denser than the wind energy flow 20 m above the sea surface, and 10 to 30 times denser than the solar energy flow. In 2000 the world's first commercial wave power device,

390-454: A negative spring that improves performance and protects the buoy in very large waves. It also has an internal pneumatic cylinder that keeps the buoy at a fixed distance from the seabed regardless of the state of the tide. Under normal operating conditions, the buoy bobs up and down at double the wave amplitude by adjusting the phase of its movements. It rises with a slight delay from the wave, which allows it to extract more energy. The firm claimed

455-655: A new wave power industry in South West England. Wave Hub could save 24,300 tonnes of carbon dioxide every year when displacing fossil fuels. This would support South West England's target for generating 15% of the region's power from renewable sources by 2010. The first and, to date, only device to be associated with the Wave Hub was Seatricity's Oceanus 2 device, which was first moored there in June 2014. The Seatricity device does not produce electricity directly, but

520-487: A plane wave progressing along the x-axis direction. Oscillatory motion is highest at the surface and diminishes exponentially with depth. However, for standing waves ( clapotis ) near a reflecting coast, wave energy is also present as pressure oscillations at great depth, producing microseisms . Pressure fluctuations at greater depth are too small to be interesting for wave power conversion. The behavior of Airy waves offers two interesting regimes: water deeper than half

585-454: Is a device for tightening a rope or cable by twisting it using a stick as a lever. The rope or cable is looped around two points so that it is fixed at either end. The stick is inserted into the loop and twisted, tightening the rope and pulling the two points toward each other. It is commonly used to move a heavy object such as a pipe or a post a short distance. It can be an effective device for pulling cars or cattle out of mud. A Spanish windlass

650-1040: Is a high-order nonlinear phenomenon. It is described using the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations ∂ u → ∂ t + ( u → ⋅ ∇ → ) u → = ν Δ u → + F ext → − ∇ → p ρ ∇ → ⋅ u → = 0 {\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\frac {\partial {\vec {u}}}{\partial t}}+({\vec {u}}\cdot {\vec {\nabla }}){\vec {u}}&=\nu \Delta {\vec {u}}+{\frac {{\vec {F_{\text{ext}}}}-{\vec {\nabla }}p}{\rho }}\\{\vec {\nabla }}\cdot {\vec {u}}&=0\end{aligned}}} where u → ( t , x , y , z ) {\textstyle {\vec {u}}(t,x,y,z)}

715-453: Is designed to pump water under pressure several miles along a pipeline back to the shore to drive a turbine. Although the Wave Hub site was too far offshore for this ever to be a practical reality, Seatricity was able to take advantage of Wave Hub's licence to operate wave energy devices at that location for initial trials. Over a three-year period, Seatricity's device was deployed for three separate summer trial windows - each funded entirely by

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780-432: Is greater than that of a rigid submerged structure, greater wave energy dissipation is expected due to highly deformed shape of the structure. Windlass#Spanish windlass The windlass / ˈ w ɪ n d l ə s / is an apparatus for moving heavy weights. Typically, a windlass consists of a horizontal cylinder (barrel), which is rotated by the turn of a crank or belt. A winch is affixed to one or both ends, and

845-418: Is no longer being developed. These devices typically have one end fixed to a structure or the seabed while the other end is free to move. Energy is collected from the relative motion of the body compared to the fixed point. Converters often come in the form of floats, flaps, or membranes. Some designs incorporate parabolic reflectors to focus energy at the point of capture. These systems capture energy from

910-539: Is sometimes used to tighten a tourniquet or a straitjacket . A Spanish windlass trap can be used to kill small game. An 1898 report to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations about an American vessel captured by a Spanish gunboat described the Spanish windlass as a torture device. One of the captives' wrists were tied together. The captor then twisted a stick in the rope until it tightened and caused

975-584: Is subject to many technical limitations. These limitations stem from the complex and dynamic nature of ocean waves, which require robust and efficient technology to capture the energy. Challenges include designing and building wave energy devices that can withstand the corrosive effects of saltwater, harsh weather conditions, and extreme wave forces. Additionally, optimizing the performance and efficiency of wave energy converters, such as oscillating water column (OWC) devices, point absorbers, and overtopping devices, requires overcoming engineering complexities related to

1040-438: Is the fluid velocity, p {\textstyle p} is the pressure , ρ {\textstyle \rho } the density , ν {\textstyle \nu } the viscosity , and F ext → {\textstyle {\vec {F_{\text{ext}}}}} the net external force on each fluid particle (typically gravity ). Under typical conditions, however,

1105-464: Is to be used for testing offshore floating wind generators. In 2016 ownership of Wave Hub was transferred from BIS to Cornwall Council as part of a devolution deal. Wave Hub Development Services Ltd became known as Celtic Sea Power in 2021, before its sale to Hexicon , a Swedish floating windfarm developer. The name was changed "... to better reflect its future role, which includes attracting large scale floating wind projects ...". Hexicon plan to use

1170-578: The Bernoulli conservation law : ∂ ϕ ∂ t + 1 2 ( ∇ → ϕ ) 2 + 1 ρ p + g z = ( const ) . {\displaystyle {\partial \phi \over \partial t}+{1 \over 2}{\bigl (}{\vec {\nabla }}\phi {\bigr )}^{2}+{1 \over \rho }p+gz=({\text{const}}){\text{.}}} When considering small amplitude waves and motions,

1235-476: The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) on 1 January 2012 in advance of the abolition of SWRDA on 31 March 2012. BIS created an operating company, Wave Hub Limited , to manage the project on its behalf. The concept anticipated a total of four device developers connecting their arrays into the Wave Hub. This would have allowed the developers to transmit and sell their renewable electricity to

1300-758: The Islay LIMPET was installed on the coast of Islay in Scotland and connected to the UK national grid . In 2008, the first experimental multi-generator wave farm was opened in Portugal at the Aguçadoura wave park . Both projects have since ended. For a list of other wave power stations see List of wave power stations . Wave energy converters can be classified based on their working principle as either: The first known patent to extract energy from ocean waves

1365-529: The Laplace equation , ∇ 2 ϕ = 0 . {\displaystyle \nabla ^{2}\phi =0{\text{.}}} In an ideal flow, the viscosity is negligible and the only external force acting on the fluid is the earth gravity F ext → = ( 0 , 0 , − ρ g ) {\displaystyle {\vec {F_{\text{ext}}}}=(0,0,-\rho g)} . In those circumstances,

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1430-863: The Navier-Stokes equations reduces to ∂ ∇ → ϕ ∂ t + 1 2 ∇ → ( ∇ → ϕ ) 2 = − 1 ρ ⋅ ∇ → p + 1 ρ ∇ → ( ρ g z ) , {\displaystyle {\partial {\vec {\nabla }}\phi \over \partial t}+{1 \over 2}{\vec {\nabla }}{\bigl (}{\vec {\nabla }}\phi {\bigr )}^{2}=-{1 \over \rho }\cdot {\vec {\nabla }}p+{1 \over \rho }{\vec {\nabla }}{\bigl (}\rho gz{\bigr )},} which integrates (spatially) to

1495-403: The mean energy density per unit area of gravity waves on the water surface is proportional to the wave height squared, according to linear wave theory: where E is the mean wave energy density per unit horizontal area (J/m ), the sum of kinetic and potential energy density per unit horizontal area. The potential energy density is equal to the kinetic energy, both contributing half to

1560-615: The Edinburgh Duck. In small-scale tests, the Duck's curved cam -like body can stop 90% of wave motion and can convert 90% of that to electricity, giving 81% efficiency. In the 1980s, several other first-generation prototypes were tested, but as oil prices ebbed, wave-energy funding shrank. Climate change later reenergized the field. The world's first wave energy test facility was established in Orkney , Scotland in 2003 to kick-start

1625-468: The Oceanus 2 device's main tether in the style of a spanish windlass - thereby putting each under enormous loads and leading to their eventual failure. Without the complexity and subsequent interaction of the risk averse Wave Hub Ltd's mandated and superfluous secondary moorings, the device and its tether would have survived and operated unscathed. The Oceanus 2 device was recovered intact to Falmouth but

1690-471: The UK's electricity distribution grid (although as there was no mechanism for metering individual device arrays it remains unclear how this could have been managed). Each developer will be able to locate their devices in one quarter of the 3 by 1 kilometre (1.86 by 0.62 mi) rectangle allocated to the Wave Hub. A sub-sea transformer will be provided with capacity to deliver up to a total of 20 MW of power into

1755-526: The Yuan Dynasty ( fl. 1290–1333). In a differential windlass , also called a Chinese windlass , there are two coaxial drums of different radii r and r′ . The rope is wound onto one drum while it unwinds from the other, with a movable pulley hanging in the bight between the drums. Since each turn of the crank raises the pulley and attached weight by only π ( r − r′ ) , very large mechanical advantages can be obtained. A Spanish windlass

1820-414: The behavior of waves in the various regimes: In deep water where the water depth is larger than half the wavelength , the wave energy flux is with P the wave energy flux per unit of wave-crest length, H m0 the significant wave height , T e the wave energy period , ρ the water density and g the acceleration by gravity . The above formula states that wave power is proportional to

1885-992: The boundary constraints (and k {\displaystyle k} ). Specifically, A ( z ) = g H 2 ω cosh ⁡ ( k ( z + h ) ) cosh ⁡ ( k h ) ω = g k tanh ⁡ ( k h ) . {\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}&A(z)={gH \over 2\omega }{\cosh(k(z+h)) \over \cosh(kh)}\\&\omega =gk\tanh(kh){\text{.}}\end{aligned}}} The surface elevation η {\displaystyle \eta } can then be simply derived as η = − 1 g ∂ ϕ ∂ t = H 2 cos ⁡ ( k x − ω t ) : {\displaystyle \eta =-{1 \over g}{\partial \phi \over \partial t}={H \over 2}\cos(kx-\omega t){\text{:}}}

1950-403: The clients they didn't have (and never got) whilst simultaneously charging for, and depleting Seatricity's private equity funding resource. During each trial the company accumulated data on the promising potential and pressures achieved by their pumping system, but it was never connected to the shore; and nor could it have been from a site so far offshore. Trials were brought to an abrupt halt when

2015-520: The company's investors and contracted for on Wave Hub Ltd's commercial leasehold terms. Each lease was severely time limited by the tenure Wave Hub would permit the company to remain on the site (not least because Wave Hub Ltd were, at the time, [over-]optimistically courting the seemingly better funded Wello Oy and Carnegie projects and wanted the prime site close to the Wave Hub on the seabed they had previously allocated to Seatricity for one of those two more major projects). Wave Hub Ltd ostensibly attributed

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2080-538: The company's relationship and frustrations with Wave Hub Ltd proved irreconcilable. In March 2018 it was announced that the Australian wave energy company Carnegie had cancelled its plans to test a wave-energy device at the Wave Hub. An American company, Gwave, was due to install a device later in 2018, but that too has been postponed. By March 2018, no electricity had been produced at the Wave Hub. Wave power Waves are generated primarily by wind passing over

2145-417: The development of a wave and tidal energy industry. The European Marine Energy Centre(EMEC) has supported the deployment of more wave and tidal energy devices than any other single site. Subsequent to its establishment test facilities occurred also in many other countries around the world, providing services and infrastructure for device testing. The £10 million Saltire prize challenge was to be awarded to

2210-462: The difference in pressure at different locations below a wave to produce a pressure difference within a closed power take-off hydraulic system. This pressure difference is usually used to produce flow, which drives a turbine and electrical generator. Submerged pressure differential converters typically use flexible membranes as the working surface between the water and the power take-off. Membranes are pliant and low mass, which can strengthen coupling with

2275-460: The displacement of commercial and recreational fishermen, and may present navigation hazards. Supporting infrastructure, such as grid connections, must be provided. Commercial WECs have not always been successful. In 2019, for example, Seabased Industries AB in Sweden was liquidated due to "extensive challenges in recent years, both practical and financial". Current wave power generation technology

2340-483: The distance below the free surface. This means that by optimizing depth, protection from extreme loads and access to wave energy can be balanced. Floating in-air converters potentially offer increased reliability because the device is located above the water, which also eases inspection and maintenance. Examples of different concepts of floating in-air converters include: In early 2024, a fully submerged wave energy converter using point absorber-type wave energy technology

2405-422: The dynamic and variable nature of waves. Furthermore, developing effective mooring and anchoring systems to keep wave energy devices in place in the harsh ocean environment, and developing reliable and efficient power take-off mechanisms to convert the captured wave energy into electricity, are also technical challenges in wave power generation. As the wave energy dissipation by a submerged flexible mound breakwater

2470-430: The end of each successive trial period because the location was 'needed for other clients' (who, of course, ultimately never materialised). The net consequence meant that Seatricity was constantly being required to anticipate and plan for decommissioning when they could and should have been being encouraged to plan for the next steps. Meanwhile, Wave Hub Ltd campaigned and worked to generate public and other grant funding for

2535-554: The energy of the current caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon. However, wave power and tidal power are not fundamentally distinct and have significant cross-over in technology and implementation. Other forces can create currents , including breaking waves , wind , the Coriolis effect , cabbeling , and temperature and salinity differences. As of 2023, wave power is not widely employed for commercial applications, after

2600-401: The energy of the waves). A given wind speed has a matching practical limit over which time or distance do not increase wave size. At this limit the waves are said to be "fully developed". In general, larger waves are more powerful but wave power is also determined by wavelength , water density , water depth and acceleration of gravity. Wave energy converters (WECs) are generally categorized by

2665-426: The entire water column. Overtopping devices are long structures that use wave velocity to fill a reservoir to a greater water level than the surrounding ocean. The potential energy in the reservoir height is captured with low-head turbines. Devices can be on- or offshore. Submerged pressure differential based converters use flexible (typically reinforced rubber) membranes to extract wave energy. These converters use

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2730-425: The first to be able to generate 100 GWh from wave power over a continuous two-year period by 2017 (about 5.7 MW average). The prize was never awarded. A 2017 study by Strathclyde University and Imperial College focused on the failure to develop "market ready" wave energy devices – despite a UK government investment of over £200 million over 15 years. Public bodies have continued and in many countries stepped up

2795-459: The form ϕ = A ( z ) sin ⁡ ( k x − ω t ) , {\displaystyle \phi =A(z)\sin {\!(kx-\omega t)}{\text{,}}} where k {\displaystyle k} determines the wavenumber of the solution and A ( z ) {\displaystyle A(z)} and ω {\displaystyle \omega } are determined by

2860-403: The largest offshore sea states have significant wave height of about 15 meters and energy period of about 15 seconds. According to the above formula, such waves carry about 1.7 MW of power across each meter of wavefront. An effective wave power device captures a significant portion of the wave energy flux. As a result, wave heights diminish in the region behind the device. In a sea state ,

2925-614: The limitation of Seatricity's length of tenure, in part, to the maximum tenure granted by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) site license, which the MMO attributed to the length of lease the Crown Estate would grant to Seatricity; as advised by their specialist advisers, Wave Hub Ltd. This cyclic uncertainty was exacerbated repeatedly by Wave Hub Ltd's pressure on Seatricity to vacate their allocated site at

2990-462: The local distribution network. In 2006 three companies were signed on for initial development. The initial partners were Ocean Power Technologies Limited, Fred Olsen Limited and Ocean Prospect. All subsequently withdrew. By 2015 Wave Hub Ltd announced planned deployments to their four Wave Hub sites. to be assigned to wave generators from UK-based Seatricity, the Australian company Carnegie Wave Energy Limited and Finnish Fortum . The fourth site

3055-421: The method, by location and by the power take-off system. Locations are shoreline, nearshore and offshore. Types of power take-off include: hydraulic ram , elastomeric hose pump , pump-to-shore, hydroelectric turbine , air turbine, and linear electrical generator . The four most common approaches are: This device floats on the surface, held in place by cables connected to the seabed. The point-absorber has

3120-473: The most potential for wave power include the western seaboard of Europe, the northern coast of the UK, and the Pacific coastlines of North and South America, Southern Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. The north and south temperate zones have the best sites for capturing wave power. The prevailing westerlies in these zones blow strongest in winter. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) estimated

3185-771: The movement of waves is described by Airy wave theory , which posits that In situations relevant for energy harvesting from ocean waves these assumptions are usually valid. The first condition implies that the motion can be described by a velocity potential ϕ ( t , x , y , z ) {\textstyle \phi (t,x,y,z)} : ∇ → × u → = 0 → ⇔ u → = ∇ → ϕ , {\displaystyle {{\vec {\nabla }}\times {\vec {u}}={\vec {0}}}\Leftrightarrow {{\vec {u}}={\vec {\nabla }}\phi }{\text{,}}} which must satisfy

3250-408: The output produced by a device), and is equal to: Due to the dispersion relation for waves under gravity, the group velocity depends on the wavelength λ , or equivalently, on the wave period T . Wave height is determined by wind speed, the length of time the wind has been blowing, fetch (the distance over which the wind excites the waves) and by the bathymetry (which can focus or disperse

3315-1364: The quadratic term ( ∇ → ϕ ) 2 {\textstyle \left({\vec {\nabla }}\phi \right)^{2}} can be neglected, giving the linear Bernoulli equation, ∂ ϕ ∂ t + 1 ρ p + g z = ( const ) . {\displaystyle {\partial \phi \over \partial t}+{1 \over \rho }p+gz=({\text{const}}){\text{.}}} and third Airy assumptions then imply ∂ 2 ϕ ∂ t 2 + g ∂ ϕ ∂ z = 0 ( surface ) ∂ ϕ ∂ z = 0 ∂ 2 ϕ ∂ t 2 + ( seabed ) {\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}&{\partial ^{2}\phi \over \partial t^{2}}+g{\partial \phi \over \partial z}=0\quad \quad \quad ({\text{surface}})\\&{\partial \phi \over \partial z}=0{\phantom {{\partial ^{2}\phi \over \partial t^{2}}+{}}}\,\,\quad \quad \quad ({\text{seabed}})\end{aligned}}} These constraints entirely determine sinusoidal wave solutions of

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3380-403: The research and development funding for wave energy during the 2010s. This includes both EU, US and UK where the annual allocation has typically been in the range 5-50 million USD. Combined with private funding, this has led to a large number of ongoing wave energy projects (see List of wave power projects ). Like most fluid motion, the interaction between ocean waves and energy converters

3445-428: The rise and fall of waves. Oscillating water column devices can be located onshore or offshore. Swells compress air in an internal chamber, forcing air through a turbine to create electricity . Significant noise is produced as air flows through the turbines, potentially affecting nearby birds and marine organisms . Marine life could possibly become trapped or entangled within the air chamber. It draws energy from

3510-463: The sea's surface and also by tidal forces, temperature variations, and other factors. As long as the waves propagate slower than the wind speed just above, energy is transferred from the wind to the waves. Air pressure differences between the windward and leeward sides of a wave crest and surface friction from the wind cause shear stress and wave growth. Wave power as a descriptive term is different from tidal power , which seeks to primarily capture

3575-407: The tether broke in 11m waves on a par with those experienced during winter storms during a summer gale on the night of Aug 19th 2016, close to the end of Seatricity's final licence period. The final irony came when later research and RoV site inspection showed that a combination of the swell pattern and the Wave Hub sites circular tidal cycle had 'wound up' the secondary reserve safety moorings around

3640-480: The theoretical wave energy potential for various countries. It estimated that the US' potential was equivalent to 1170 TWh per year or almost 1/3 of the country's electricity consumption. The Alaska coastline accounted for ~50% of the total. The technical and economical potential will be lower than the given values for the theoretical potential. Environmental impacts must be addressed. Socio-economic challenges include

3705-407: The wave energy density E , as can be expected from the equipartition theorem . The waves propagate on the surface, where crests travel with the phase velocity while the energy is transported horizontally with the group velocity . The mean transport rate of the wave energy through a vertical plane of unit width, parallel to a wave crest, is the energy flux (or wave power, not to be confused with

3770-486: The wave energy period and to the square of the wave height. When the significant wave height is given in metres, and the wave period in seconds, the result is the wave power in kilowatts (kW) per metre of wavefront length. For example, consider moderate ocean swells, in deep water, a few km off a coastline, with a wave height of 3 m and a wave energy period of 8 s. Solving for power produces or 36 kilowatts of power potential per meter of wave crest. In major storms,

3835-465: The wave's energy. Their pliancy allows large changes in the geometry of the working surface, which can be used to tune the converter for specific wave conditions and to protect it from excessive loads in extreme conditions. A submerged converter may be positioned either on the seafloor or in midwater. In both cases, the converter is protected from water impact loads which can occur at the free surface . Wave loads also diminish in non-linear proportion to

3900-634: The wavehub site for TwinHub, a 30–40MW floating offshore wind project. The project was financed by the South West of England Regional Development Agency (£12.5 million), the European Regional Development Fund Convergence Programme (£20 million) and the UK government (£9.5 million). Wave Hub could generate £76 million over 25 years for the regional economy. It would create at least 170 jobs and possibly hundreds more by creating

3965-476: The wavelength, as is common in the sea and ocean, and shallow water, with wavelengths larger than about twenty times the water depth. Deep waves are dispersionful : Waves of long wavelengths propagate faster and tend to outpace those with shorter wavelengths. Deep-water group velocity is half the phase velocity . Shallow water waves are dispersionless: group velocity is equal to phase velocity, and wavetrains propagate undisturbed. The following table summarizes

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4030-552: Was approved in Spain. The converter includes a buoy that is moored to the bottom and situated below the surface, out of sight of people and away from storm waves. Common environmental concerns associated with marine energy include: The Tethys database provides access to scientific literature and general information on the potential environmental effects of ocean current energy. Wave energy's worldwide theoretical potential has been estimated to be greater than 2 TW. Locations with

4095-621: Was in 1799, filed in Paris by Pierre-Simon Girard and his son. An early device was constructed around 1910 by Bochaux-Praceique to power his house in Royan , France. It appears that this was the first oscillating water-column type of wave-energy device. From 1855 to 1973 there were 340 patents filed in the UK alone. Modern pursuit of wave energy was pioneered by Yoshio Masuda 's 1940s experiments. He tested various concepts, constructing hundreds of units used to power navigation lights. Among these

4160-450: Was originally envisaged to have connections to it from arrays of up to four kinds of wave energy converter. A cable from the hub to main land will take electrical power from the devices to the electric grid . The total capacity of the hub will be 20  MWe . The estimated cost of the project is £28 million. The project was originally developed by the South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWRDA). Ownership transferred to

4225-635: Was the concept of extracting power from the angular motion at the joints of an articulated raft, which Masuda proposed in the 1950s. The oil crisis in 1973 renewed interest in wave energy. Substantial wave-energy development programmes were launched by governments in several countries, in particular in the UK, Norway and Sweden. Researchers re-examined waves' potential to extract energy, notably Stephen Salter , Johannes Falnes , Kjell Budal , Michael E. McCormick , David Evans , Michael French, Nick Newman , and C. C. Mei . Salter's 1974 invention became known as Salter's duck or nodding duck , officially

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