software upgrades alone. On-going improvements of the machine geometry and controls offers further dramatic gains long into the future. Te ‘P2e’ Pelamis design is larger, more powerful,
and developed for volume production and long term reliability. Tese improvements will satisfy the demand for commercial scale wave farms currently being developed in Scottish waters and beyond. Te new P2e Pelamis design, now moving into the detailed design phase, builds on the successful demonstration of two P2 machines in Orkney at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC). Ross Henderson, Technology Director at Pelamis
Wave Power, said: “We’ve learned so much from the P2 machines being demonstrated in Orkney. Alongside our intensive R&D programme, this is allowing us to make big advances. Te new P2e design must provide a return for the first commercial project investors and this means more power throughout the year but without more cost. “We have found that the fundamentals have been
proved right with the Pelamis so far, so we’re taking the P2 technology platform and enhancing it into a much more powerful, reliable, and economic machine. Continuing in this way, we will steadily make wave energy cost competitive with other sources in the years to come.” ETI Marine Programme Manager, Simon Cheeseman, said: “Seeing such encouraging increases in power capture within these test results is exactly the kind of technology development that we had hoped to see. We are working with Pelamis to accelerate the wave power technology development that the industry requires in order to reach that next step towards commercialisation. Te project is designed to help improve technology performance and reduce the cost of wave energy.”
Extreme test conditions Tese extreme test wave conditions were guided by real wave measurements from a South Shetland site where a wave farm is currently being developed by Aegir Wave Power, a joint venture between Pelamis Wave Power and Vattenfall. Te site was also chosen thanks to the energetic wave resource found in South Shetland, meaning that the wave conditions the model P2e machines experienced during tank testing were representative of one of the most energetic wave sites in the UK. Te Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is a public-private partnership between global energy and engineering companies – BP, Caterpillar, EDF, E.ON, Rolls-Royce and Shell – and the UK government. Te ETI’s role is to bring together engineering
projects that accelerate the development of affordable, secure and sustainable technologies that helps the UK address its long term emissions reductions targets. ●
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