Aquamarine Power is developing Oyster wave power technology to capture energy found in nearshore waves and convert it into clean sustainable electricity.
The first full-scale 315kW Oyster was installed at sea in Orkney in November 2009, when it began producing power to the National Grid for the first time.
The next-generation 800kW Oyster 800 was installed in Orkney in 2011. A further two Oyster devices will be installed in the same location in 2012 and 2013 to form the first Oyster array.
In 2009, in a ground-breaking development for the marine energy sector, Aquamarine Power signed a joint venture partnership agreement with SSE Renewables to co-develop up to 1GW of marine energy sites using Oyster technology. Aquamarine Power has secured lease options for areas of the seabed off the coast of Scotland with a potential installed capacity of 240MW.
See videos of Oyster at www.youtube.com/aquamarinepowerltd
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Specialties
Wave energy technology, Marine energy site development
