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Oyster (Wave , Active) Location in the UK : Scotland, Billia Croo, Stromness Orkney
Type of installation: Wave on/offshore: off
Turbines :0 Capacity : 0.35 MW
Approx Date of 1st power generation: August 2009
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Aquamarine Powers Oyster wave power technology captures energy in nearshore waves and converts it into clean sustainable electricity. Essentially Oyster is a wave-powered pump which pushes high pressure water to drive an onshore hydro-electric turbine.
Oyster 1 is connected to teh grid using the EMEC Billa Croo facility
Billia Croo,Stromness Orkney
Please note that where multiple DECC rcords are available, all are shown in order. eg Project then repowering / extension, or refused project then resubmitted.
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AQUAMARINE POWER
OYSTER 800 was grid-connected in June 2012 at EMEC’s Billia Croo test site until the test programme ended in 2015, when the company ceased trading.
EMEC Test Sites
OYSTER wave energy converter
The OYSTER 1 is a hydro-electric wave energy device that uses the motion of ocean waves to generate electricity.
AQUAMARINE POWER
OYSTER 1, Orkney
first full-scale 315kW OYSTER wave energy device at the European Marine Energy Centre's test site at Billia Croo, near Stromness in Orkney in the summer of 2009.
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