2003 - 2009, Wave Hub Test Centre Development, Wave Hub (Hayle), Environmental Assessment

The South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) is proposing the Wave Hub project to provide the electrical infrastructure necessary to support and encourage developers of wave energy converter devices (WECs) to generate electricity from wave energy. Wave Hub will facilitate WEC development through final demonstration and pre-commercialisation development stages by allowing developers to install, operate and monitor commercial-scale WECs in realistic offshore marine conditions over a number of years. In this respect, Wave Hub will perform the function of a WEC proving zone for the efficient delivery of power derived from renewable wave energy.