Giant test-rig promises to unleash new era of wave energy development

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Stockholm test-rig (Credit: CorPower)
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Stockholm test-rig (Credit: CorPower)

CorPower puts WEC system through latest tests, as UK ministers visit Orkney marine energy centre to highlight sector's growing potential

The world's largest wave energy test-rig has been installed in Stockholm, bringing the prospect of "full scale" wave power generation a step closer. The 45-tonne moving mass system has been installed...

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