The Orkney Wave Power Station is a proposed wave power

Wave power

Wave power is the transport of energy by ocean surface waves, and the capture of that energy to do useful work — for example, electricity generation, water desalination, or the pumping of water...

 station to be built by Summer 2011 at Orkney, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. Upon its completion, the facility would top in installed capacity, becoming the largest wave power station in the world.

The power station would utilize the Oyster-2 wave power generating technology, the newer version of the Oyster wave energy converter

Oyster wave energy converter

The Oyster is a hydro-electric wave energy device that uses the motion of ocean waves to generate electricity. It is made up of a Power Connector Frame , which is bolted to the seabed, and a Power Capture Unit . The PCU is a hinged buoyant flap that moves back and forth with movement of the waves...

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