The
new-design
wave
energy
converter
has
had
four
steel
columns
–
which
previously
housed
the
machine’s
power
take-off
(PTO)
equipment
–
removed
to
cut
the
weight
of
the
50kW,
15
x
15-metre
unit
by
40%,
with
the
PTO
fitted
within
the
generator
module.
Manufacture
of
the
device
–
a
floating
winged
concept
that
“laps
up”
horizontal
wave
motions
to
transform
them
into
energy
–
has
been
made
cheaper
by
replacing
its
moulded
corners
with
welded
ones.
The
E1’s
outer
steel
structure
can
now
be
mass-produced
in
small
shipyards
with
Langlee
supplying
the
generator,
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