The steel construction work of the 261 tonnes prototype Wave Dragon is now
completed and it will be deployed in the end of February 2003 when instrumentation is completed.
During the next 3 years a development consortium will perform long term
and real sea...
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The steel construction work of the 261 tonnes prototype Wave Dragon is now
completed and it will be deployed in the end of February 2003 when instrumentation is completed.
During the next 3 years a development consortium will perform long term
and real sea tests on hydraulic behaviour, turbine strategy and power production to the grid.
The 4.
35 mill.
euros project has been secured through
substantial grants from the Danish Energy Authority (1.
7 mill.
euros), EU (1.
5
mill.
euros) and from the Danish system operator Elkraft System’s RTD fund
(0.
25 mill.
euros).
The Wave Dragon is a slack moored device of the overtopping type, consisting
of two wave reflectors focusing the waves towards the ramp, where water
overtops into a reservoir.
The pressure height in the reservoir is converted
into power through a number of variable speed axial turbines.
During the last three years the Wave Dragon has been subject to a number of
test and development activities activities, including the
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