The device, known as the P-2, will generate 750kW and measure 180 metres in length -- 50 metres longer than its predecessor, the P-1. It will be the first time the P-2, said to be much more efficient than its predecessor, has been tested.

"There's been a lot of press about different [wave] projects under development, but there's a lot of difference between [the development stage] and an order," PWP business development director Max Carcas told Recharge in an e-mail.

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