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‘Energy from our Oceans’
Ireland s first Wave-Energy Generator arrives in Galway
PRESS RELEASE: March 06
The power of the Atlantic is about to be harnessed in a Marine Institute / Sustainable Energy
Ireland (SEI) initiative to open a wave energy test...
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‘Energy from our Oceans’
Ireland s first Wave-Energy Generator arrives in Galway
PRESS RELEASE: March 06
The power of the Atlantic is about to be harnessed in a Marine Institute / Sustainable Energy
Ireland (SEI) initiative to open a wave energy test site a mile and a half off the coast of
Spiddal, Co.
Galway.
The 37-hectare site will be open to entrepreneurs and engineers to test prototype ocean energy
generators.
The first wave energy generator, Wavebob, has arrived at Galway Docks and will
be deployed on the Spiddal site early next week.
This marks the first visible step in a national
programme to become leaders in ocean energy technology.
The Marine Institute and SEI have to date invested €300k in university based research and a
further €850k in industry based research of ocean energy technology.
Together with
significant private investments by entrepreneurs such as William Dick, Wavebob Ltd.
, the
initiative is beginning to bear fruit.
Both agencies have been working c
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