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Article: Portugal: New wave in renewables for EU and Japan.
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- October 9, 2009
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Marine energy developers AW-Energy and Ocean Power Technologies are moving ahead with demonstration projects in Portugal and Japan, respectively.
Finnish company AW-Energy has received 3 million in funding from the European Union to demonstrate its WaveRoller technology off the coast of Peniche in Portugal.
The 300 kW WaveRoller device consists of an oscillating fiberglass/steel plate attached to the sea floor, which creates hydraulic pressures as it moves back and forth under the action of waves to drive a turbine.
A consortium of companies from Finland, Portugal, Germany and Belgium led by AW-Energy will undertake the year-long trial.