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WaveNET Array - Isle of Muck
Through a collaboration between Albatern and Marine Harvest Scotland, a 14-week pilot study in Scotland was undertaken to assess the potential for wave energy to power offshore finfish aquaculture operations. Three Albatern WaveNET arrays, known as SQUID generating units, were deployed off the Isle of Muck
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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
Completed
Max Rated Power Capacity
The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.
0.0225 MW
Operational Duration
April 2014 - July 2014
Project Duration
2013 - 2014
Energy Resource
- Wave
Project Scale
Full-scale
Number of Devices
3
Grid Connectivity
Not 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
Coastal
Country
United Kingdom
Environmental Details
Last Modified
10 June 2025
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“WaveNET Array - Isle of Muck.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/WaveNET_Array_-_Isle_of_Muck. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.
Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects. <year>. "WaveNET Array - Isle of Muck." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/WaveNET_Array_-_Isle_of_Muck.
