Testing of 'wave energy' technology commences off west coast

Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) has today announced the commencement of testing of a large scale ocean energy demonstrator, Ocean Energy Buoy (OE Buoy) off the coast of Galway.

The OE Buoy has been developed by Ocean Energy Ltd and is funded by SEI as part of Phase 1 of the Government’s Ocean Energy strategy. The purpose of the testing is to determine cost, reliability and efficiency before deploying a pilot of the full scale device in 2008.