Mocean Energy snaps up £3.2m in EU funding for Orkney wave machine

Cecilia Keating
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Mocean's Blue X wave energy machine | Credit: Mocean Energy
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Mocean's Blue X wave energy machine | Credit: Mocean Energy

Wave energy device aims to pave way for wave farm capable of delivering 1.2MW of low-carbon electricity by 2030

Marine energy specialist Mocean has announced it has secured more than £3m in EU funding to develop and deploy a 250kW wave machine in Orkney, which aims to act as a fore-runner for a commercial scale...

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