Oceanlinx joins the hub

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Oceanlinx has been selected as the fourth developer for the £28m Sterling Wave Hub project off the coast of Cornwall in South West England.

Australia-based

has been chosen to deploy its wave energy converter at the

's Wave Hub, which will be built off the coast of

.

Oceanlinx's unit combines an Oscillating Water Column (OWC) with its own patented turbine technology. A full-scale operational unit has been constructed and successfully tested at Port Kembla in New South Wales, Australia.

The company is also pursuing wave energy projects in North America, Mexico, South Africa and Hawaii. Wave Hub will be Oceanlinx's first installation in Europe.

The South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) is planning to create the world's first large scale wave energy farm by constructing an electrical “socket” on the seabed 10 miles off Hayle on the Cornwall coast in south west England.

Oceanlinx joins three other wave device developers that have also been chosen to use Wave Hub. Each will be granted a lease of sea area of two square kilometres. A sub-sea transformer will be provided with capacity to deliver a total of 20MW into the local distribution network.

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