Scotland - News, Trends, Scotland Links
AWS Ocean Energy Archimedes Wave Swing Wave Energy
Scottish company, AWS Ocean Energy (www.awsocean.com), with backing from Shell, the big oil company, plans to deploy a small demonstration of its underwater Archimedes Wave Swing off the stormy coast of Scotland next year. It hopes to produce commercial power by 2011. - Read More
Tags : wave energy aws ocean energy
Topics : Ocean Energy
Pelamis Wave Energy Converter, Scotland
A pilot project: Pelamis Wave Energy Converter, based on the Orkney Islands north of Scotland. Pelamis resembles a huge snake made up of four 40-meter tubes, linked end to end, riding on the sea surface. Waves make the segments flex against each other, driving hydraulic rams that, in turn, drive electric generators. By next year, said the operator, Pelamis Wave Power Ltd. (www.pelamiswave.com), it hopes to supply the power that 10 percent of Orkney’s 20,000 inhabitants need. - Read More
Tags : wave energy pelamis
Topics : Ocean Energy