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Sotenas Wave Power Project
Seabased’s WEC uses a simple, ring-shaped buoy tethered by a steel and synthetic line to a power unit housed on the seabed and based on the technology developed at Uppsala University. As the waves rise and fall, the buoy pulls up and down on a cable attached to a linear ‘translator’ —a kind of rotor—that uses a permanent or ferrite-magnet system encased in stators to generate power.
The project was cancelled in October, 2017, but there are no plans for decommissioning the device. Instead, the device will be kept in place to be used as an artificial reef and as a site for further research and testing purposes.
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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.
9 MW
Project Duration
2010 - 2017
Energy Resource
- Wave
Project Scale
Full-scale
Number of Devices
36
Grid Connectivity
Grid Connected
Waterbody
North Sea
Country
Sweden
Environmental Details
Last Modified
9 June 2025
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“Sotenas Wave Power Project.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Sotenas_Wave_Power_Project. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.
Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects. <year>. "Sotenas Wave Power Project." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/Sotenas_Wave_Power_Project.
