Mutriku Breakwater Wave Plant
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The Mutriku Breakwater Wave Plant is a wave power plant commissed by
the Basque Energy Agency in the bay of Mutriku
in the Bay of Biscay
and is the world's first breakwater wave power plant with a multiple turbine arrangement. The plant has a capacity of 300 kW from 16 turbo generator
sets. It was inaugurated on July 8, 2011.
the Basque Energy Agency in the bay of Mutriku
Mutriku
Mutriku is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country in northern Spain. It is the site of the world's first multi-turbine breakwater wave power station, inaugurated July 8, 2011....
in the Bay of Biscay
Bay of Biscay
The Bay of Biscay is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of Spain west to Cape Ortegal, and is named in English after the province of Biscay, in the Spanish...
and is the world's first breakwater wave power plant with a multiple turbine arrangement. The plant has a capacity of 300 kW from 16 turbo generator
Turbo generator
A turbo generator is a turbine directly connected to an electric generator for the generation of electric power. Large steam powered turbo generators provide the majority of the world's electricity and are also used by steam powered turbo-electric ships.Smaller turbo-generators with gas turbines...
sets. It was inaugurated on July 8, 2011.