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The Pelamis Wave Energy Converter is a technology that uses the motion of ocean surface waves to create electricity. The machine is made up of connected sections which flex and bend as waves pass; it is this motion which is used to generate electricity.
Developed by the Scottish company Pelamis Wave Power (formerly Ocean Power Delivery), the Pelamis became the world’s first offshore wave machine to generate electricity into the grid, when it was connected to the UK grid in 2004. Pelamis Wave Power have since gone on to build and test five additional Pelamis machines. Three, first generation P1 machines which were tested in a farm off the coast of Portugal in 2009 and two of a second generation of machines, the Pelamis P2, which started tests off Orkney in 2010.
Developed by the Scottish company Pelamis Wave Power (formerly Ocean Power Delivery), the Pelamis became the world’s first offshore wave machine to generate electricity into the grid, when it was connected to the UK grid in 2004. Pelamis Wave Power have since gone on to build and test five additional Pelamis machines. Three, first generation P1 machines which were tested in a farm off the coast of Portugal in 2009 and two of a second generation of machines, the Pelamis P2, which started tests off Orkney in 2010.