Wave Farms in the United Kingdom - Wave Farms in Scotland, Pelamis Wave Energy Converter, Wave Hub, Siadar Wave Energy Project, Islay Limpet (Paperback)

Chapters: Wave Farms in Scotland, Pelamis Wave Energy Converter, Wave Hub, Siadar Wave Energy Project, Islay Limpet. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: BiofuelBiomassGeothermalHydroelectricitySolar energyTidal powerWave powerWind power The Pelamis Wave Energy Converter is a technology that uses the motion of ocean surface waves to create electricity. The machine is made up of connected sections which flex and bend as waves pass; it is this motion which is used to generate electricity. Developed by the Scottish company Pelamis Wave Power (formerly Ocean Power Delivery), it was the worlds first commercial scale machine to generate electricity into the grid from offshore wave energy and the first to be used in a commercial wave farm project. The first full scale prototype was successfully installed and generated electricity to the UK grid at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, Scotland in August 2004. The first wave farm consisting of three Pelamis machines and located off the coast of Portugal, was officially opened in September 2008. In November 2008, after generating electricity since July 2008, the project was disconnected from the grid and the machines towed back to shore. Pelamis Wave Power have since developed and built the new generation P2 device, the first of which will be deployed at EMEC in summer 2010. The Pelamis is an attenuating wave energy converter designed with survivability at the fore. The Pelamis's long thin shape means it is almost invisible to hydrodynamic forces, namely inertia, drag, and slamming, which in large waves give rise to large loads. Its novel joint configuration is used to induce a tunable cross-coupled resonant response. Control of the restraint applied to the joints allows this resonant response to be...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=3510949