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Wavegen Limited (later Voith Hydro Wavegen Limited) was a wave energy company based in Inverness, Scotland. It was founded in 1990 by Allan Thomson.〔 〕 It was sold to Voith Hydro in 2005, and they closed the company in 2013. ==History== In 2000, Wavegen became the first company in the world to connect a commercial scale wave energy device (LIMPET) to the grid on the Scottish island of Islay.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 title=Islay ) 〕 The LIMPET (Land Installed Marine Powered Energy Transformer) is a shoreline device which produces power from an oscillating water column. In May 2005, Wavegen was bought by Voith Hydro, a subsidiary of Voith.〔 〕 Together with the Faroe's power company SEV, Wavegen had planned to develop the SeWave wave energy plant project in Nípanin in the Faroe Islands.〔 〕 It was also the developer of the Siadar Wave Energy Project.〔 On 17 November 2011, Wavegen put into operation the world's first commercial full life Limpet wave power plant. The 300-kW plant was sold to ''Ente Vasco de la Energía'' in Spain.〔 〕 In March 2013 Voith Hydro decided to close down Wavegen choosing to concentrate on tidal power projects.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wavegen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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