Giant Sea Snake Renewable Electricity Generation

Huge Energy Producing Machine From Wave Power.

See Powergen and E-on Website for more info.

The following excerpt is from the e-on website:

Site Statistics
West Wave
Location Wave Hub, 10 miles off Hayle on north coast of Cornwall
Project scope Up to 7 Pelamis Wave Energy Converter
Turbine height 120-150 metres long
Total power Up to 5MW

Status
Pre-planning

Why West Wave?

The UK is well placed in terms of marine energy. There is significant wave resource around the country, some of the best in the world. It has been estimated that marine renewables could meet 15% to 20% of current UK electricity demand.

E.ON is committed to helping build the UK's marine capabilities to harness the potential of our seas. West Wave will allow us to learn about wave energy developments and gain experience of the marine environment.

The West Wave Project would:

Supply enough electricity for up to 3,000 homes
Displace around 11,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year
Ocean Prospect

We are developing West Wave jointly with Ocean Prospect, a subsidiary of Wind Prospect.

Wave Hub

West Wave will be located at Wave Hub which is being developed by the South West Regional Development Agency. Wave Hub is effectively an underwater "socket" providing the necessary infrastructure to connect West Wave and 3 similar wave energy projects to the electricity grid. A planning application for Wave Hub was submitted in June 2006 and deployment is expected in 2008/09.

Pelamis

West Wave will utilise Ocean Power Delivery's Pelamis Wave Energy Converter which is rated at 750kW. The Pelamis is 120-150 metres long, 3.5m in diameter and weighs approximately 750 tonnes.

The video is downloadable from the e-on website

http://www.eon-uk.com/generation/westwave.aspx

They also have other renewable projects, details on the website.

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

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• Sea
• Snake
• Renewable
• Electricity
• Energy
• Technology
• Climate
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• Global
• Warming
• Peak
• Oil

[thefuturehasarrived]

Translation: inspired ouaou thank you I feel that I go to use it for my TPE = D PS:merci cam =) lol: p

[petitchti]

ouaou génial merci je sens que je vais m'en servir pour mon TPE =D

PS:merci cam =)lol :p

[thefuturehasarrived]

TPE? C'est quoi?

[TheMastercromio]

@SuperGilberto1977 Oil? If is true its not renewable!! So, try to research it more clearly!!

[homskoult]

@randomizerman Under mild conditions yes, but who is going to bring them in when the weather gets rough? One design allowed the mechanism to drop to the ocean floor. However there is still the matter of sea growth. Barnacles and seaweed would stop them from working in a short time.

[randomizerman]

@homskoult you can always use water and plastic, cylinders. It is not high speed so should not over heat like heavy equipment.

[SuperGilberto1977]

THOSE SNAKES STILL NEED OIL LMAO

FAIL

[sailingsolar]

I guess you put it out that far to sell copper wire and to,,,, sell copper wire?

[samawal3131]

what about sea algea and sea creatures like shells and stuff...wont they stick on this device and cause severe friction losses...does it mean u have to clean the machine continuasly

[newage4energy]

This looks like good potential when oil goes up much further. Seems that rough stormy type seas would have a silver lining for this type of generator. Calm seas would not.

[homskoult]

These seem to work in mild seas, however, the sea can be very unpredictable. I would find it hard to believe the metal joints could survive the seas at their worst. What type of hydraulic fluid are you using? Could it cause contamination in a failure. The idea seems good enough to have been built and deployed, have they, and where.

[jwallbanger]

this is great. you could stretch these across the ocean for hundreds of miles, generating gigawatts of power. they probably have a positive impact on the marine environment too due to the reef effect.

[HorizonDelta]

Nice ! More tech on "Wonderful energy" by HorizonDelta ;-)