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A custom-made 50 WLL lifting frame designed by Modulift was used for Mocean Energy’s new Blue X wave energy prototype first ever dip in to the cold waters of the North Sea.Mocean Energyhas been working on turning their concept in to a.
May 14, 2021
Getting Metal Wet: Mocean Energy s Wave Energy Device Arrives in Orkney Ahead of Sea Trials
The Blue X wave energy prototype from Mocean Energy has been unloaded at Hatston Pier in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland ahead of summer sea trials.
The wave energy device, which is 20 meters long and weighs 38 tons, was built entirely in Scotland and transported by road from Rosyth to Aberdeen, then by ship to Orkney.
Mocean Energy said Friday that the Blue X will be tested in Kirkwall Harbour before being towed counterclockwise around Orkney to Copland s Dock in Stromness.
The device will then be deployed at the European Marine Energy Centre’s Scapa Flow test site for sea trials initially, and then later will move to EMEC’s grid-connected wave test site at Billia Croo, on the west coast of Orkney.
Mocean Energy’s Blue X wave energy prototype device has been unloaded at Hatston Pier at Kirkwall in Orkney in advance of sea trials in the summer at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).
Blue X will now undergo trials in Kirkwall Harbour prior to being towed anticlockwise around Orkney to Copland’s Dock in Stromness.
The machine will then be deployed at EMEC’s Scapa Flow test site for sea trials initially, and then later will move to EMEC’s grid connected wave test site at Billia Croo on the west coast of Orkney.
The 20-metre long, 38-tonne wave machine was fabricated in Scotland by Fife fabricator AJS Production and painted by Montrose-based Rybay Corrosion services.