Wave Hub withdrawal

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E.ON and Ocean Prospect have withdrawn from the Wave Hub project off the north Cornish coast, opting instead to test their recently acquired Pelamis wave energy converter at EMEC in Orkney.

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project off the north Cornish coast, opting instead to test their recently acquired Pelamis wave energy converter at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.

Wave Hub, currently being developed by the South West Regional Development Agency, will be an underwater ‘socket’ providing the necessary infrastructure to connect up to four wave energy projects to the electricity grid.

Four developers were looking at using Wave Hub to ‘plug in' marine power projects, with E.ON and Ocean Prospect looking at using the Pelamis wave power device at the site.

E.ON purchased the 750kW Pelamis device in February 2009 and expects it to be commissioned in 2010.

Dave Rogers, regional director of renewables for E.ON, said: ‘Our aim is to concentrate on testing our Pelamis device, which means that it was unlikely we'd be in a position to connect to Wave Hub in the short term.

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