Oyster Wave Power Machine Generates Electricity Onshore; Sea Trials Begin This Autumn
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 1, 2009
A new type of wave power machine—Oyster—is being installed on the seabed off the Atlantic shores of the Orkney Islands for trials that begin this autumn. The oscillator is fitted with pistons and, when activated by wave action, pumps high-pressure water through a sub-sea pipeline to the shore. Click to enlarge. The Oyster prototype.
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