Vattenfall to test Pelamis sea snake in Orkney

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Utility takes a step towards building 10MW wave power project off Shetland Islands, but only if SSE builds export cable to mainland

Swedish utility Vattenfall has challenged SSE to lay a high-voltage cable that would enable it to export power from the Shetland Islands to the mainland, after confirming plans to test a Pelamis wave power...

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