The company’s 500kW ship-hull-shaped device – which is 30 metres long and weighs 220 tonnes without ballast – will be deployed at Emec’s Billia Croo site at the end of March, following approval from Marine Scotland.
Studies will be carried out to check for any environmental impact during the full test-phase of the Penguin, which rides the waves moored to the seabed via a three-point spread of cables.
