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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 dev...

Wednesday, 21 Apr 21 Wave power specialists, Mocean Energy, have unveiled the company’s Blue X wave energy prototype which will take to the seas in Orkney, Scotland, in May 2021. Advertisement The 20 m long, 38 t wave machine has been fabricated wholly in Scotland and will be deployed at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)’s Scapa Flow test site for sea trials initially, and then later deployed at EMEC’s large scale Billia Croo test site in summer 2021. In 2022, the wave pioneers plan to connect the device to a subsea battery which will be used to power a remotely operated autonomo...

Wave energy prototype unveiled in Fife as it prepares to take to the seas © Supplied by Mocean Energy's Blue Yan Gunawardena, Cameron McNatt, Jon Clarke and Cinthia Medrado from Mocean Energy with Tim Hurst, managing director of Wave Energy Scotland and Arhontia Athanasiou (Mocean Energy) with the Blue X wave energy converter at Forth Ports Rosyth. A wave energy prototype has been unveiled in Fife ahead of sea trials next month. Power specialists Mocean Energy revealed its Blue X machine at a ceremony at Forth Ports Rosyth. Fife fabricator AJS Production built the 20-metre long, 38-tonne wav...