Wave Farm

September 19th, 2007 Alex

The first large scale wave farm has been approved to be built off the coast of Southwest England. The initial cost is over $56 million but the project will create 1,800 jobs and save over $1.1 billion for the UK over the next 25 years. The electricity generated will be able to power more than 7,500 homes and save 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide. The Wave Hub is a seafloor “socket” that will connect wave energy machines back to the land that involves 20 sets of machines and should be completed by 2009. This will be an exciting project that once successful could lead to many other projects following in its lead. It is another way to take advantage of a natural form of energy that is easily provided by the Oceans and there are plenty of coasts that can take advantage of this technology.

via Gizmodo and BBC

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