Spain’s Ente Vasco de la Energia has inaugurated the Mutriku wave power plant symbolizing the world’s first commercially-operated wave power plant. Voith Hydro supplied the equipment for the 300-kW project’s 16 units which will be able to power about 250 homes.
“Our wave power technology is commercially viable and ready for wide deployment on the global markets”, said Dr. Roland Muench, CEO of Voith Hydro Holding. “To further this development, adequate feed-in-tariffs for wave power, as they already exist for a number of renewables, can now set the right legal framework.”
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