Photo courtesy of SeaPower
Ireland-based wave energy developer Seapower is conducting wet tests on its 1:4 scale wave energy device at the Foynes Port, Ireland.
Seapower is developing a SeaPower Platform which is an attenuator type of wave energy converter. An attenuator is a floating device which operates parallel to the wave direction capturing energy from the relative motion of the two arms as the wave passes them.
The 1:4 scale device (pictured) has been constructed by Foynes Engineering and deployed at Foynes Port in June this year.
Seapower is leading a SEAI funded 1:4 scale project that will see the deployment of 1:4 scale SeaPower Platform for real-sea testing at the SmartBay Test Site in Galway Bay, Ireland, by the end of August, 2016.
The second phase of this project will involve testing and installing a demonstrator PTO unit composed of gearing coupled to an electrical generator on the hinge of the platform. Data from this testing will feed into the design of the full scale WEC and full scale PTO, Seapower informed.
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