Wavegen

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Wavegen is a wave energy company in Inverness, Scotland. It was formed in 1990 as a subsidiary of Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation, a joint company of Voith and Siemens.

In 2000, Wavegen became the first company in the world to connect a commercial scale wave energy device (LIMPET) to the grid on the Scottish island of Islay.[1]

Together with the Faroe's power company SEV, Wavegen develops the SeWave wave energy plant project in Nípanin in the Faroe Islands.[2]

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  1. ^ Islay. Columbia Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
  2. ^ "Clean energy - that never fades", SeWave. Retrieved on 2008-02-13. 

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