Wave power station. Wave striking Limpet 500,the world's first commercial-scale wave power station. Limpet generates 500 kilowatts of electricity,enough to power 300 homes. It lies on the coast of Islay,a Scottish Hebridean Island. As the wave moves into this partly-submerged hollow concrete chamber,air is forced out through a turbine- containing blowhole in its rear. When the wave falls,air is sucked back through the blowhole. Electricity is generated using a Wells turbine that rotates the same way despite the two-way air flow. Limpet (Land Installed Marine Power Energy Transformer) was built by Queens University,Nor- thern Ireland,and Wavegen. Photographed in 2000 | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Bond, Martin |
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