Wave Hub Projects signs £1m installation and grid contract with Powermann

3 August 2009

The Wave Hub project has signed a £1m contract for electrical equipment installation and commissioning to link the wave energy project with the National Grid.

Work on the Cornwall, UK, project will be carried out by Powermann after it won a European-wide bid to supply and install onshore electric equipment.

The Wave Hub project is being spearheaded by the South West Regional Development Agency and will create a giant grid-connected electrical socket on the seabed off the coast of Cornwall to enable wave energy devices to be tested.

The Government is investing £9.5m in Wave Hub and a further £10m to support other marine energy projects in the South West. The Wave Hub project is now valued at £42m, with the outstanding £20m coming from the European Regional Development Fund Convergence Programme and £2.5m from the RDA.

Nick Harrington, head of marine energy at the South West RDA said, ‘We are delighted to have Powermann on board to deliver the onshore electrical package for Wave Hub. Now that we have reached the stage of awarding contracts to suppliers the project is really taking off and we look forward to shortly starting the recruitment for a Wave Hub general manager, who will lead the operation of Wave Hub.’

Installation work on Wave Hub is likely to start in summer 2010, with the first wave energy devices expected to be deployed in 2011.

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