East coast to host pioneer in wave power

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East coast to host pioneer in wave power

ALASDAIR MCGREGOR

10 January 2008 08:56

A pioneering machine which converts wave power into cheap electricity is set to be tested off the East Anglian cost.

An energy company is seeking permission to site its prototype wave energy convertor six miles off the coast at Southwold by the spring.

If successful, it could be the forerunner for a series of wave farms around the UK coastline and provide a huge boost to the country's efforts to reduce carbon emissions.

Essex-based Trident Energy is behind the pilot scheme, in which generators are driven to produce electricity by floats being pushed up in the waves.

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