“ Producing electricity by WAVE ENERGY”

Imagine buoys with a diameter of seven meters submerged three meters below the surface of the sea movement of the waves against these buoys operates turbines that pump water at very high pressure on land. Once on land, water pressure is converted, through appropriate engines, electricity.

The wave energy to generate electricity

 

 Thus does the system KETO Wave Energy Technology, a new process developed by the Australian company Carnegie Corporation.

“Preliminary experiments have shown that this system is very workable and appropriate for Mauritius,” says Professor Soodursun Jugessur, vice-chancellor and president of the UOM Council and the Mauritius Research Council. Electricity de France (EDF), by the way, bought the rights to develop this technology in countries north of the equator.
“Our island,” says Professor Jugessur, “is located in a region where favourable waves with a height appropriate for this type of project form throughout the year. Unlike the wind or solar energy, we can continuously produce electricity because we waves 24 hours on 24, “he observes. With a wave kilometers in length, Mauritius could produce 25 megawatts. “We could enjoy the same amount of electricity if we capture the energy of waves over an area of one hectare,” Prof. Jugessur advance. The project will be tested on five sites that will produce 40 megawatts each, totalling 200 megawatts, representing 50% of our electricity consumption. The sites will be located in the western region in the vicinity of Albion, and South-West near Riambel. At the level of investment, the cost is comparable to that of a wind project. “It will take 80 dollars to produce one megawatt,” our interlocutor.

The world’s first commercial tidal turbine will be fixed to the seabed by Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough.

It is the world’s first commercial tidal turbine, and it will produce the first electricity ever brought ashore from British tidal waters.

The 300-tonne turbine put in place in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough will generate energy sustainably, with no noise and zero emissions.

The turbine will be fixed to the seabed in the mouth of the lough – one of the fastest tidal flows on earth – where it is expected to generate enough electricity to power 1,000 homes.

“Drinking water desalination “

In addition to producing electricity, KETO Wave Energy Technology will produce drinking water desalination through a reverse osmosis system. Among its other advantages: the project is “environment friendly”. The infrastructure placed under water resist hurricanes and other weather. The canoes and other pleasure boats can sail safely above buoys submerged. Tourism is thus not affected. The fishermen will also find their behalf. “The presence of buoys and pumps will attract fish. This is a non-negligible advantage for fishermen, “says Professor Jugessur.
There are more than Mauritian and Australian authorities to sign an agreement. “We expect that the company installs Carnegie primarily a business unit in Australia to be a reference proved and a guarantee of the soundness of the project. If everything goes as planned, the agreement will be signed by the end of the year. ” A feasibility study will be undertaken in the second quarter of 2009. The development site is expected within two years.
For Professor Soodursun Jugessur this project falls to peak in a context of soaring oil prices on the world market and while the government aims to be an island of Mauritius sustainable. “We were very lucky because we have the sea, sun, wind … We are sitting on a gold mine. ” At home now to exploit these resources ignored!

 

  

 

 

“A bit of history “ 

Catching the wave energy to generate electricity is not new. In 60 years, the English Bott, General Manager of the Central Electricity Board, had already formulated such a project, which unfortunately has never succeeded. At the time, the construction cost was much higher than the prices of petroleum products. In 70 years, researchers at the University of Mauritius, whose professor Jugessur have pursued this project with other models of energy extraction. With the support of the Commonwealth Science Council, researchers were able, for a year, measure the height of waves to gather useful data, but there was no result. It is only recently that the project energy waves resurfaced. Marcel Lindsay Noah, “Mauritius Climate Change Action Forum”, had wind system Carnegie during a visit to Australia. A director of this company was in Mauritius to present its draft to the Board of Investment and the CEB.

  Sources Montaykreyol 

 

 

 

 

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