L'énergie des vagues. 500 Patelle frappant des vagues, la première vague d'échelle commerciale power station. Limpet génère 500 kilowatts d'électricité, en

• Contributeur: Science Photo Library / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2ADMM67
• Taille du fichier: 29,2 MB (1,2 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 3543 x 2883 px | 30 x 24,4 cm | 11,8 x 9,6 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 21 novembre 2000
• Photographe: MARTIN BOND/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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Wave power station. Wave striking Limpet 500, the world's first commercial-scale wave power station. Limpet generates 500 kilowatts of electricity, enough to power 300 homes. It lies on the coast of Islay, a Scottish Hebridean Island. As the wave moves into this partly-submerged hollow concrete chamber, air is forced out through a turbine- containing blowhole in its rear. When the wave falls, air is sucked back through the blowhole. Electricity is generated using a Wells turbine that rotates the same way despite the two-way air flow. Limpet (Land Installed Marine Power Energy Transformer) was built by Queens University, Nor- thern Ireland, and Wavegen. Photographed in 2000.

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