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Denmark is hosting four demonstration plants at sea based on different concepts and is thereby positioned in the top 5 among development countries in the world. With this knowledge we can then make significant decisions on wave energy. Wavepiston is a concept for harvesting wave energy at the same price level as the newest land based wind turbines. The challenge was to create a regular output of energy from ocean swells and waves that are 5 10 seconds apart.

This head of water is used for power production through the specially designed hydro turbines see fig. The concept works by waves overtopping a ramp filling a floating reservoir with water at a higher level than the mean sea level. For these tests the pto from fpp s prototype platform the p37 has been re purposed and housed in a container alongside a hydraulic power unit which replicates. Wave energy may vary due to wave speed water density and wavelength.

So it becomes inconsistent sometimes and unpredictable. Looking at the benefits and drawback of wave. This allows energy to be continually produced despite waves being periodic. In the first week of september 2018 the tordenskiold wave energy prototype will be baptized at an event in the port of frederikshavn on the northeast coast of the jutland peninsula in.

0 4 kw m since march 2003 see fig. Danish wave energy developer crestwing has secured funding for the upcoming two year demonstration of its half scale wave energy prototype named tordenskiold. Wind and wave generation parks in the middle of the ocean are likely coming to the coast of denmark just another way in which the future of green sustainable energy is being advanced. We make wave energy competitive.

Current wave power projects. Hence areas depending on wave power have to seek alternative methods for electricity generation. Conditions for wave energy are ideal in denmark and in hanstholm on the north sea coast the danish wave energy centre exploits the ideal weather conditions to test pre commercial wave energy facilities. This was achieved with a row of half submerged buoys which rise and fall in turn as the wave passes forming the iconic part of wavestar s design.

At test center nissum bredning denmark. Wavepiston s non intrusive simple robust and low cost solution for harvesting the energy of the oceans.