Edinburgh-based company Mocean Energy has received £3.2m in European funding for a project to create a “green” energy source at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) on the Orkney archipelago in northern Scotland by 2030. The project will involve the construction of a wave power station with a capacity of between 1 MW and 2 MW based on Blue Horizon 250 devices (with a capacity of 250 kW).
Mocean Energy already has experience in creating a 10 kW prototype wave power station, Mocean Blue X.
The interaction between Blue X and the underwater Halo battery system developed by Verlume was tested. This infrastructure provides power for Transmark Subsea’s resident AUVs.
The principle of operation of the wave power station can be described as follows: a float with wave channels at the ends captures the power of sea waves. Direct drive Vernier Hybrid Machine generators convert mechanical energy into electrical energy at very low speeds.
Such autonomous wave power stations can replace diesel generator-based systems currently used, for example, on offshore platforms, in marine aquaculture, and in remote island communities. And, of course, this source of energy can be used to power underwater charging stations for resident underwater robots.
Another example is the useful tandem of surface and underwater marine robots. If, of course, the wave power station is considered a surface robot. \\
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