Danish wave crew deploys prototype off Canary Islands
PLOCAN was chosen by Wavepiston because of the test infrastructure in place including necessary environmental approvals. The access to the test site is subsidised through a grant from the Interreg AA Blue-GIFT project, which is funded by the European Commission. Interreg AA Blue-GIFT aims to support Atlantic area companies to test next generation ocean energy technologies in real sea environments. The prototype was assembled in the Port of Las Palmas and towed to PLOCAN’s test area. Wavepiston said the system comprises a chain of wave energy collectors stretched between two anchored buoys, ...
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