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Irish Government Aims to Install Its First Wave Energy Project, the Five Megawatt WestWave Facilities, by 2018

Wave energy pioneer Pelamis said Friday it was put on the short list of companies slated for a role alongside Irish utility company ESB.

The Irish government aims to install its first wave energy project, the five megawatt WestWave facilities, by 2018. It's already secured support from the European Commission.

Pelamis Wave Power said it's been selected as one of the developers set to participate in the next stage of acompetitive procurement process.

Last year, the Pelamis P2wave energy systemwas connected to the Scottish grid for an accumulated 7,500 hours, contributing 160 MW of electricity to the nation's grid.

Source: UPI

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