The wave energy developer, CorPower Ocean, has signed a berth agreement to build a 5 MW wave energy project at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland.
Scotland’s Deputy First Minister, Kate Forbes, made the announcement in her keynote address at the All-Energy Conference in Glasgow today, 14 May 2025.
Scheduled for deployment in 2029, the 5 MW array is expected to become the UK’s largest wave energy project. It will be deployed at AIRTO member EMEC’s grid-connected Billia Croo wave energy test site and comprise of 14 wave energy converters (WECs), operating for up to 15 years.
