£11m Oyster begins pumping power into Orkney
THE world's largest hydro-electric wave energy device was switched on in Scottish waters by the First Minister yesterday.
Alex Salmond said the Oyster machine marked a "key milestone" in renewable energy – and announced almost 1 million to fund a second generation of the technology.
The Oyster, which cost 11 million to develop, harnesses the wave power off Orkney to drive an onshore electric turbine. It has been installed at the European Marine Energy Centre's Billa-Croo site near Stromness.
It was developed by Edinburgh-based Aquamarine Power's marine energy researchers at Queen's University, Belfast.
The extra funds, worth 975,000, will help deliver Oyster 2, which will involve three linked devices, or "pods", contributing up to 2 megawatts of power by 2011.
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