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Farr Point Wave Array - Phase 1
The project aims to install a 10MW wave farm roughly 7-12km off the north shore of Scotland near Bettyhill, Sutherland. In 2010 Pelamis Wave Power (PWP) was successful in securing a seabed lease option from The Crown Estate which provides exclusivity over the ‘Area of Search’ (AoS) for survey work and site investigations. The area occupies approximately 100 km2, 2-3km2 of which will be taken up by this initial phase one deployment. Up to 10 devices will be installed producing a combined capacity of 10MW. The Area for Lease (Afl) is planned to accommodate a capacity of 50MW and it is expected that future deployments will increase the arrays capacity to this level. In November 2014 PWP went into administration and were unable to secure a buyer for the business in the following weeks. As a result, the proposed Farr Point project was cancelled.
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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.
10 MW
Project Duration
2010 - 2014
Energy Resource
- Wave
Project Scale
Full-scale
Number of Devices
10
Grid Connectivity
Grid Connected
Waterbody
Atlantic Ocean
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
Open Ocean
Country
United Kingdom
Environmental Details
Last Modified
10 June 2025
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“Farr Point Wave Array - Phase 1.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Farr_Point_Wave_Array_-_Phase_1. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.
Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects. <year>. "Farr Point Wave Array - Phase 1." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Farr_Point_Wave_Array_-_Phase_1.
