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FOCUS ON CORNWALL


DE-RISKING WAVE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY


Wave Hub is the best place in the world for demonstrating wave energy technology. This is the view of one of the wave technology developers planning to install a wave array at the Wave Hub site in Cornwall


BENEFITS


The benefits of deploying at Wave Hub are clear to see. It has been designed specifically for testing large scale arrays with the ability to generate 48MW and operate at 11kV and 33kV; the on and offshore grid infrastructure is in place thanks to £30 million funding from the Cornwall ERDF Convergence Programme and UK Government; and it is pre-consented, enabling developers to secure detailed approval within a few months. There is also a dedicated operations team based at the Hayle Marine Renewables Business Park that provides support to developers throughout the


planning, installation and O&M phases. Together, these attributes not only significantly reduce the capital cost and risk profile of a developer’s project but they also reduce the project development timeline from an average of five years to less than 18 months. This in turn has a positive impact on investment returns.


UNDERSTANDING CHALLENGES


One company that understands the challenges of building their own test site is Carnegie Clean Energy, an Australian wave technology developer that has successfully operated an array of three CETO 5 devices for over 14,000 continuous hours at a site off Garden Island in Perth. Carnegie is now planning to install a 15MW array of CETO 6 devices at Wave Hub and has received a £9.6 million grant from the Cornwall ERDF


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Regen SW and Marine Energy Matters WITH 10


YEAR CONTRACTS AVAILABLE, THEY CAN START BY DEPLOYING A SINGLE DEVICE BEFORE GRADUALLY BUILDING OUT A LARGER ARRAY


Programme for deployment of the first 1MW device in 2018. Wave Hub has also been selected by


GWave, an American wave technology developer based in Portland, Maine that is currently building the world’s largest wave energy device – the 9MW Power Generation Vessel. Backed entirely by private finance, this device will also be deployed next year.


www.wavetidalenergynetwork.co.uk LONG TERM TESTING PROGRAMME


Both companies are taking advantage of the Wave Hub site to implement a long term testing programme. With 10 year contracts available, they can start by deploying a single device before gradually building out a larger array. This is an increasingly common strategy being adopted across the marine energy industry and the wave sector is fortunate there was the foresight in Cornwall to build a future proofed demonstration facility.


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