PB150 Off Coast of Invergordon

Ocean Power Technologies tested their full scale PB150 PowerBuoy off the coast of Invergordon Scotland April 15th 2011. Once in the water the device was monitored for how the structure and mooring system responded to motion from the waves. At the same time, electronics onboard simulated a grid connection to simulate full commercial testing of the device and how power would be produced from device. Over the course of its deployment engineers confirmed the device produced peaks of power at 400 kW and averaged 45 kW at wave heights as low as 2 m. The deployment lasted for a total of six months.

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Project Manager

Ocean Power Technologies

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Project Website

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:<ul> <li>Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment</li> <li>Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active</li> <li>Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water</li> <li>Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations</li> <li>Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water</li></ul>

Completed

Max Rated Power Capacity The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.

.15 MW

Operational Duration

April 2011 - October 2011

Energy Resource

Wave

Project Scale

Full-scale

Number of Devices

1

Grid Connectivity

Not Grid Connected

Waterbody

Cromarty Firth

Site Characteristics Geographic characterization for the project location:<ul> <li>Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land</li> <li>Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary</li> <li>Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water</li> <li>Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land</li> <li>River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water</li></ul>

Enclosed Bay

Country

United Kingdom

Last Modified

22 July 2025

This Project has the following MRE Devices

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