Green light for wave hub

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The UK government has given planning approval for the world's first large scale wave farm off the coast of Cornwall in South West England.

It means the £28m project, which has been developed by the South West of England Regional Development Agency (RDA), has cleared the last major regulatory hurdle. Funding for the project has already been approved by the RDA.

The consent announcement was made by John Hutton, UK Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

Wave Hub is a world first and will include an onshore substation connected to electrical equipment on the seabed about 16 kilometres offshore via a sub-sea cable.

Companies developing wave energy technology will be able to plug into Wave Hub to test their wave energy devices on a scale never seen anywhere before. Four companies have already been chosen to use Wave Hub, which will allow them to use an area of sea for the pre-commercial testing of wave energy devices.

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