E.ON Climate & Renewables is planning to build a new wave power plant off the coast of Great Britain in connection with its "West Wave" project. In addition to generating energy without causing CO2 emissions we intend to gain important scientific insights to promote the development of wave energy and to find out more about the characteristics of the European marine environment. We are working on the development of West Wave in cooperation with Ocean Prospect, a subsidiary of the British project development group Wind Prospect.

West Wave uses Ocean Power Delivery's Pelamis Wave Energy Converter with a capacity of 750 KW. The Pelamis is 140 meters long, has a diameter of 3.5 meters and weighs about 750 tons. The innovative, technical construction doesn't float rigidly in the ocean but adjusts itself to the motion of the waves. Instead of resisting, the steel sea snake dives through the waves and turns their energy into electricity. With this groundbreaking project we will be able to produce enough energy for up to 3,000 households, at the same time cutting CO2 emissions by nearly 11,000 tons.

West Wave will be located at Wave Hub which is being developed by the South West Regional Development Agency. Wave Hub is effectively an underwater "socket" providing the necessary infrastructure to connect West Wave to the electricity grid.