Siadar Wave Power Station | |
Name Official: | Siadar Wave Energy Project |
Coordinates: | 58.3358°N -6.7856°W |
Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
Location: | Siadar Bay, Lewis |
Status: | P |
Cost: | £30 million |
Wave Technology: | oscillating water column |
Wave Shore Distance: | 4000NaN0 |
Ps Electrical Capacity: | 4 MW |
The Siadar Wave Power Station (also known as Siadar Wave Energy Project or SWEP) was a proposed 4 MW wave farm off the shore of Siadar Bay, in Lewis, Scotland.[1] The £30 million project, was to be built by Wavegen, received Scottish Government approval on 22 January 2009. Originally, the project was developed in cooperation with npower Renewables. However, in August 2011, npower Renewables left the project.[2] In 2012 project was cancelled.[3]
The wave station was proposed to be based on oscillating water column technology.[4] A 200m (700feet) causeway will be constructed, and a breakwater with 10 concrete caissons, containing 36 to 40 Wells turbines, placed on the seabed.[5]