{"id":7533,"date":"2015-03-17T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T09:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inmesol.com\/blog\/?p=2569"},"modified":"2025-01-09T11:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T11:45:08","slug":"iberdrola-corpower-ocean-will-produce-clean-energy-using-wave-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmesol.com\/fr\/blog\/iberdrola-corpower-ocean-will-produce-clean-energy-using-wave-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Iberdrola and CorPower Ocean Will Produce Clean Energy Using Wave Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The system could provide up to 20% of global electricity consumption, producing clean, renewable energy with no carbon dioxide emissions.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each buoy will generate between 0.5 and 1 MW\/hour, a production level which makes this technology a competitive power generation system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2573\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2573\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2573 size-full\" title=\"CorPower Ocean\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/iberdrola-corpower-ocean-will-produce-clean-energy-using-wave-power.jpg\" alt=\"CorPower Ocean\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image extracted from the CorPower Ocean<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With a budget of 15 million euros, the Spanish company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iberdrola.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iberdrola<\/a>, the Swedish <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corpowerocean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CorPower Ocean<\/a> and the Portuguese marine research centre <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wavec.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WavEC<\/a> are working on the project called <strong>HiWave<\/strong> to <strong>generate clean, renewable and economical energy by using the density of ocean wave energy<\/strong>. HiWave was presented a few days ago in Stockholm and is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology through KIC InnoEnergy. The project\u2019s completion is planned for 2016.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Buoys Inspired by the Pump System of the Human Heart<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>HiWave<\/strong> is based on an idea from the Swedish <strong>cardiologist and prolific inventor Stig Lundb\u00e4ck<\/strong>. He realised that the pumping principles of the human heart could be useful <strong>to capture the energy produced by ocean waves, making use of their oscillation<\/strong>. Ocean waves have 10 times the energy density of wind and 100 times that of solar energy, as well as providing a considerably more stable and predictable energy flow.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2574\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2574\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2574 size-full lazyload\" title=\"Diagram of the device within the buoys used in the HiWave project.\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1_iberdrola-corpower-ocean-will-produce-clean-energy-using-wave-power.jpg\" alt=\"Diagram of the device within the buoys used in the HiWave project.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/480;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagram of the device within the buoys used in the HiWave project. Image extracted from the CorPower Ocean website.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In 2009 Lundb\u00e4ck founded CorPower Ocean AB, the company which is now designing the device used inside the buoys with the latest generation control technology that will convert their movement into energy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the trial tests for the technology, carried out between 2012 and 2014 with small-scale prototypes, the <strong>system<\/strong> proved to be <strong>highly efficient<\/strong>, even with less powerful waves. The power density is five times greater than that achieved by other wave energy systems to date, and the device weighs a third less than those used in other tests in the same sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Each buoy will generate between 0.5 and 1 MW\/hour<\/strong>, a production level which makes this technology a competitive electricity generation system. As a result, once the design for the buoy devices is completed on a real scale\u2014probably with glass fibre or steel and measuring 8 metres in diameter, with a height of 20 metres and weighing 60 tonnes\u2014<strong>Iberdrola Engineering will develop a marine park<\/strong> based on this technology. WavEC will contribute to the project by providing analysis and validations at each stage.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Infinite Energy of the Seas: A Video Explaining the HiWave Project<\/h4>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ffOHzO9Jkos\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The system could provide up to 20% of global electricity consumption, producing clean, renewable energy with no carbon dioxide emissions. 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