Making waves
Vattenfall is investing a total of €1,404,327 in a project within the basic research programme of Uppsala University in Sweden to develop wave power technology.
Sweden's
is investing a total of €1,404,327 in a project within the basic research programme of
in
to develop wave power technology.
The project aims to study and evaluate the generation of energy from the motion of sea waves at a research installation in Skagerak, located approximately two kilometres west of the Islandsberg peninsula in the municipality of Lysekil.
‘Vattenfall is one of several organisations funding the project and their support is vital for driving Swedish wave power research forward. The research installation outside Lysekil is an exciting project with considerable future potential,’ said Mats Leijon, Professor of Electricity at Uppsala University and initiator of the research installation.
The Islandsberg research area has been granted a permit for ten generators that will be deployed on a gradual basis up to 2009.
The project involves a total investment of €2,445,347 and Vattenfall, which has previously invested €432,100, will now invest an additional €972,226 in basic research linked to the research area.
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