PB150 - PowerBuoy Utility-Scale – Video 2
In 2006 OPT formed a joint venture with Iberdrola S.A., global oil major TOTAL, the Spanish Government IDAE (Institute of Energy Savings and Efficiency), and the local regional development agency SODERCAN, for the development of wave energy off the North coast of Spain.
The joint venture, called Iberdrola Energias Marinas de Cantabria, was formed with the goal to build a grid-connected wave power station near Santoña, Spain. It is expected to be completed over several phases. The first phase of the project includes the deployment of a PB40 PowerBuoy®.
An initial PB40 system was tested at the Santoña site in 2008 demonstrating deployment methodologies and procedures, power conditioning systems, and mooring/anchoring arrays. Subsequently OPT announced the award by the European Union of funding for a new PB40 system to be deployed at Santoña. The PowerBuoy is expected to demonstrate significant improvements to OPT's proprietary electronic tuning system, which enables the PowerBuoy to enhance its energy conversion efficiency. This project, called WavePort, is being conducted by OPT in close association with a group of European companies and institutions.
Project partners are key to achieving success in Spain. Strong partnerships have been formed with Spanish suppliers, and key supply chains have been established. Local Spanish infrastructure and support are critical to the project, with fabrication of the buoy structure undertaken by local metal fabricators and local harbor facilities, boats, and divers employed for deployment operations.
Following the WavePort project, an additional step planned for the Santoña site development is installation of an Undersea Substation Pod (USP) to collect, network, and transform power and installation of a 6 km subsea power transmission cable to deliver grid-quality energy to the on-shore electricity network. It is expected with customer funding, additional PB150 PowerBuoys will be installed at the site and connected to the grid.
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The joint venture, called Iberdrola Energias Marinas de Cantabria, was formed with the goal to build a grid-connected wave power station near Santoña, Spain. It is expected to be completed over several phases. The first phase of the project includes the deployment of a PB40 PowerBuoy®.
An initial PB40 system was tested at the Santoña site in 2008 demonstrating deployment methodologies and procedures, power conditioning systems, and mooring/anchoring arrays. Subsequently OPT announced the award by the European Union of funding for a new PB40 system to be deployed at Santoña. The PowerBuoy is expected to demonstrate significant improvements to OPT's proprietary electronic tuning system, which enables the PowerBuoy to enhance its energy conversion efficiency. This project, called WavePort, is being conducted by OPT in close association with a group of European companies and institutions.
Project partners are key to achieving success in Spain. Strong partnerships have been formed with Spanish suppliers, and key supply chains have been established. Local Spanish infrastructure and support are critical to the project, with fabrication of the buoy structure undertaken by local metal fabricators and local harbor facilities, boats, and divers employed for deployment operations.
Following the WavePort project, an additional step planned for the Santoña site development is installation of an Undersea Substation Pod (USP) to collect, network, and transform power and installation of a 6 km subsea power transmission cable to deliver grid-quality energy to the on-shore electricity network. It is expected with customer funding, additional PB150 PowerBuoys will be installed at the site and connected to the grid.
http://www.oceanpowertechnologies.com/spain.html
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