Aegir wave farm
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The Aegir wave farm is a planned wave farm off the south west of Shetland. The project is developed by Aegir Wave Power, a 2009 formed joint venture of Vattenfall
and the wave power technology developer Pelamis Wave Power
. The wave farm will have a capacity from 10 upt to 100 MW. It will use around 25 Pelamis P2 converters. The first phase would be installed by 2014. The second phase will consist of an array of up to 14 converters with a total capacity of 10 MW. The third phase will increase capacity up to 40 MW by 2023. After that, capacity may be increased up to 100 MW.
Vattenfall
Vattenfall is a Swedish power company. The name Vattenfall is Swedish for waterfall, and is an abbreviation of its original name, Royal Waterfall Board...
and the wave power technology developer Pelamis Wave Power
Pelamis Wave Power
Pelamis Wave Power designs and manufactures the Pelamis Wave Energy Converter–a technology that uses the motion of ocean surface waves to create electricity...
. The wave farm will have a capacity from 10 upt to 100 MW. It will use around 25 Pelamis P2 converters. The first phase would be installed by 2014. The second phase will consist of an array of up to 14 converters with a total capacity of 10 MW. The third phase will increase capacity up to 40 MW by 2023. After that, capacity may be increased up to 100 MW.