Seria interessante ir debatendo e falando de inovações nesta área , com tanto parque de Aerogeradores, Centrais Geotérmicas, e em Portugal será interessante irmos revelando e descobrindo artigos que falem sobre isto.
Por exemplo Espanha apostou há vários anos na energia de marés e ondas e esta semana foi anunciada em Espanha no porto de Mutrikus a 1ª central a instalada num quebra bar.
A central será executada em parceria com a Siemens/Voith.
Fica o artigo sobre a construção:
PRNewswire, London, 02 July 2007. TOLOSA, Spain and INVERNESS, Scotland - Harbor of Mutriku in Spain - first commercial breakwater wave energy plant built with technology of Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation. (PRNewsFoto/Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation)
LONDON GREAT BRITAIN
TOLOSA, Spain and INVERNESS, Scotland, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The
world-wide first commercial breakwater wave energy plant will be built at
the Spanish Atlantic coast. It is based on Voith Siemens Hydro Power
Generation's wave technology. Customer is the Basque Energy Board, Ente
Vasco de Energia. The new plant in Mutriku in Northern Spain will work with
the Oscillating Water Column (OWC) technology of Voith Siemens Hydro's
Scottish subsidiary Wavegen where it is successfully field-tested for seven
years now. The pioneer in wave power operates the first long-term grid
connected wave energy plant.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070702/263513 )
"Mutriku is a milestone in the history of wave energy. We are proud
that the first breakwater wave energy plant will rely on Wavegen's
technology", says Dr. Hubert Lienhard, President and CEO of Voith Siemens
Hydro. The new project will see the integration of 16 Wells turbines into
Mutriku's new breakwater being constructed by the local government.
Supplying green electricity to around 250 households with a rated power of
nearly 300 kW, the plant will be commissioned in the winter of 2008/2009.
Starting signal for green energy from waves
With this innovative power plant concept the production of green energy
will be integrated into a marine construction with minimized additional
construction costs.
"This project represents a major step towards commercialization of wave
power as we continue to develop the technology and demonstrate its
reliability under commercial operating conditions", says David Gibb,
General Manager of Wavegen: "And we already negotiate further projects in
other countries."
How to turn waves into watts
The wave plant will use the Oscillating Water Column principle which
has been utilized in Wavegen's demonstration plant in Scotland since 2000.
An opening in the front of the breakwater allows the sea to rise and fall
within a chamber due to the action of the waves. This motion compresses and
decompresses the enclosed volume of air. The energy generated from this
pressure differential is then - with the aid of a Wells turbine and a
generator - transformed into electricity and fed into the grid.
Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation is a Group Division of Voith and -
with a workforce of around 2,500 employees and an order intake of around
720 million Euro in the past business year - Voith Siemens Hydro Power
Generation is one of the world-wide leading companies for hydro power
equipment.
Voith Group is setting standards in the markets paper, energy, mobility
and service. Founded on 1 January 1867, and nowadays with approximately
34,000 employees, a turnover of 3.7 billion Euro and 250 locations
worldwide, Voith is one of Europe's large family-owned companies.
Picture is available via EPA (European Pressphoto Agency) and can be
downloaded free of charge at:
http://www.presseportal.de/pm/50723/...?keygroup=bild
Note to Editors:
A picture accompanying this release is available on AP Archive:
http://photoarchive.ap.org PRN6
Por exemplo Espanha apostou há vários anos na energia de marés e ondas e esta semana foi anunciada em Espanha no porto de Mutrikus a 1ª central a instalada num quebra bar.
A central será executada em parceria com a Siemens/Voith.
Fica o artigo sobre a construção:
LONDON GREAT BRITAIN
TOLOSA, Spain and INVERNESS, Scotland, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The
world-wide first commercial breakwater wave energy plant will be built at
the Spanish Atlantic coast. It is based on Voith Siemens Hydro Power
Generation's wave technology. Customer is the Basque Energy Board, Ente
Vasco de Energia. The new plant in Mutriku in Northern Spain will work with
the Oscillating Water Column (OWC) technology of Voith Siemens Hydro's
Scottish subsidiary Wavegen where it is successfully field-tested for seven
years now. The pioneer in wave power operates the first long-term grid
connected wave energy plant.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070702/263513 )
"Mutriku is a milestone in the history of wave energy. We are proud
that the first breakwater wave energy plant will rely on Wavegen's
technology", says Dr. Hubert Lienhard, President and CEO of Voith Siemens
Hydro. The new project will see the integration of 16 Wells turbines into
Mutriku's new breakwater being constructed by the local government.
Supplying green electricity to around 250 households with a rated power of
nearly 300 kW, the plant will be commissioned in the winter of 2008/2009.
Starting signal for green energy from waves
With this innovative power plant concept the production of green energy
will be integrated into a marine construction with minimized additional
construction costs.
"This project represents a major step towards commercialization of wave
power as we continue to develop the technology and demonstrate its
reliability under commercial operating conditions", says David Gibb,
General Manager of Wavegen: "And we already negotiate further projects in
other countries."
How to turn waves into watts
The wave plant will use the Oscillating Water Column principle which
has been utilized in Wavegen's demonstration plant in Scotland since 2000.
An opening in the front of the breakwater allows the sea to rise and fall
within a chamber due to the action of the waves. This motion compresses and
decompresses the enclosed volume of air. The energy generated from this
pressure differential is then - with the aid of a Wells turbine and a
generator - transformed into electricity and fed into the grid.
Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation is a Group Division of Voith and -
with a workforce of around 2,500 employees and an order intake of around
720 million Euro in the past business year - Voith Siemens Hydro Power
Generation is one of the world-wide leading companies for hydro power
equipment.
Voith Group is setting standards in the markets paper, energy, mobility
and service. Founded on 1 January 1867, and nowadays with approximately
34,000 employees, a turnover of 3.7 billion Euro and 250 locations
worldwide, Voith is one of Europe's large family-owned companies.
Picture is available via EPA (European Pressphoto Agency) and can be
downloaded free of charge at:
http://www.presseportal.de/pm/50723/...?keygroup=bild
Note to Editors:
A picture accompanying this release is available on AP Archive:
http://photoarchive.ap.org PRN6
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