Deutsche Welle, 21 September 2011, The world's first commercial wave energy plant went online this summer and is supplying electricity to a town in northern Spain. Despite its high investment costs, it could serve as a model for other coastal regions.
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| Waves deliver power to a costal town in Spain |
The small Spanish coastal town of Mutriku doesn't look like it would be home to a high-tech power plant. But 600 people in the Basque town, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from San Sebastian, began getting their electricity from the sea when a wave energy power plant went online this July.
"Mutriku will serve as a reference point when it comes to wave energy," says Basque Energy Agency engineer José Ignacio Hormaetxe. He says the plant is the first commercial operation to provide consumers with electricity from wave power.
The plant creates energy by harnessing the power of the waves that pounds against the town's harbor walls. The operators, Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE), dug 16 moles into the harbor's barriers. As waves drive water into them, air is pushed through a turbine to generate electricity. Read More
(Source : Deutsche Welle)
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