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rish company, Sea Power,
is preparing to test their
prototype wave energy device
at the Galway Bay Marine and
Renewable Energy Test Site in
the coming weeks. Following
successful completion of
testing at small scale, the
company, which received grant
support from the Sustainable
Energy Authority of Ireland
(SEAI), is now progressing to
quarter scale testing in open
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time.
development for eight years and
will soon make the short journey
from Foynes, Limerick, where it
was built, to the Galway Bay test
site. Wave energy devices, such
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harness the extraordinary power
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generate electricity.
SEAI and the Marine Institute
are working together to develop
Ireland’s ocean energy testing
infrastructure which includes tank
testing facilities at Lir National
Ocean Test Facility in Cork, the
consented quarter scale test site in
Galway Bay and the planned full
scale Atlantic Marine Energy Test
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Ireland already boasts other
successes in ocean energy
technologies with Irish companies
such as Ocean Energy having
progressed to developing a full
scale prototype of their OE Buoy
device following successful testing
in Galway Bay. OpenHydro,
Irish company prepares to test Wave Energy
Device in Galway Bay
based in Greenore Co. Louth
recently deployed two 2MW tidal
turbines in Northern France.
Since 2009, SEAI has supported
over 80 early stage ocean energy
Development Fund to the value of
€13m.
More information can be found
at
www.marine.ieIndustry News
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