TES Vsetín, a Czech-based manufacturer of electric components, has designed a prototype of low-speed permanent magnet generator for wave energy applications.
The company informed that the generator with the nominal output of 600 kW at 13 rpm, and 690 V, was developed for a consortium of companies from Scandinavia and UK developing an energy converter with a unique working principle based on the shape of the device.
The converter is designed to respond to the movement of waves. Asymmetrical shape of the hull creates a gyration movement in waves which makes the generator inside the hull rotate.
Power train from wave to electricity is direct without any mechanical or hydraulic gears in between.
While TES Vsetín would not confirm, Tidal Energy Today has learned that the company who placed an order is likely to be Finnish wave energy developer Wello Oy for their Penguin wave energy converter.