In 2007, Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) was awarded a grant by the Scottish government for the construction and installation of its PB150 PowerBuoy at the European Marine Energy Center (EMEC).
The berth agreement also enables OPT to sell power to the grid up to the 2MW capacity limit. OPT may further utilize the EMEC berth as a possible site for deployment and test of other PowerBuoy technology advancements.
The first PowerBuoy to be deployed at EMEC will be OPT’s 150kW design, the PB150, which is the latest in OPT’s PowerBuoy product range. It is expected to be ready for deployment and grid connection in 2009.
The company expects to deploy the PB150 in projects currently under development in Spain, southwest England, France, the US and Australia, as well as for projects the company is looking to develop in Scotland.
Mark Draper, COO of OPT, said: We are very excited for OPT to have secured the 2MW berth at EMEC. We look forward to working with EMEC, and other first-mover customers interested in these projects, to deploy the PB150 PowerBuoys in 2009 and beyond.
