Oyster Wave Power Machine Generates Electricity Onshore; Sea Trials Begin This Autumn
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 1, 2009
The oscillator is fitted with pistons and, when activated by wave action, pumps high-pressure water through a sub-sea pipeline to the shore. Onshore, conventional hydroelectric generators convert this high-pressure water into electrical energy. Dr Ronan Doherty, Chief Technical Officer of Aquamarine Power , developer of the Oyster.
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