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LONDON - A controversial wave power project off Britain's southwest coast cleared its last hurdle yesterday when it received Government planning approval.
The Wave Hub, 16km off the holiday resort of St Ives, Cornwall, will provide a giant electrical socket on the seafloor where wave power companies can connect to Britain's power grid and test new machines. Its developers have clashed over the past year with some of Britain's half a million surfers who feared it would blight their favourite beaches.
As well as being a testing site, the £28 million ($79.86 million) installation is expected to generate up to 20MW of clean energy, enough to power 7500 homes.
- Reuters
