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Barbados Wave Energy Farm
Finnish wave technology provider Wello Oy and the Barbadian Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC) (now Export Barbados (BIDC)) partnered for deployment of a 5 MW wave energy farm in Consett Bay, Barbados. Barbados has put itself ahead of the curve by having an ambitious target of becoming carbon neutral by 2030. This goal is much needed given the quickening pace of climate change and for such a target to be reached there is a great need to diversify the energy mix. Wello, is a Finnish company with over a decade of experience in wave energy conversion technology. Their unique way of capturing wave energy by their technology, The Penguin, is by way of a floating vessel which captures the waves’ rotational power and converts it into clean ocean energy. The wave power park will be 5 MW in nominal power in the beginning. There is already a plan and an option to extend up to 50 MW feeding the power into a hydrogen production plant. In addition to this Barbados is aiming to become a hub of wave energy technology providing their manufacturing and services based on Wello’s technology to neighbouring countries and islands.
Additional Information
Project Status
Is the project actively being planned or is deployed in the water (active)? Or was the project canceled or completed (inactive)?
Inactive
Project Life Cycle
Project Progress through life cycle:
- Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment
- Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active
- Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water
- Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations
- Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water
Canceled
Max Rated Power Capacity
The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.
5 MW
Project Duration
2022 - 2023
Energy Resource
- Wave
Project Scale
Full-scale
Grid Connectivity
Grid Connected
Waterbody
Consett Bay
Site Characteristics
Geographic characterization for the project location:
- Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land
- Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary
- Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water
- Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land
- River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water
Coastal
Country
Barbados
Last Modified
6 June 2025
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“Barbados Wave Energy Farm.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Barbados_Wave_Energy_Farm. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.
Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects. <year>. "Barbados Wave Energy Farm." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Barbados_Wave_Energy_Farm.
