Edinburgh technology duo secure £2.5 million to develop advanced power take off system for wave powe
It’s a problem that has long thwarted wave energy pioneers – how to transform the slow back and forth motion of waves into a reliable and cost-effective stream of electricity. Now two Edinburgh firms – Artemis Intelligent Power and Quoceant – have together secured £2.5 million from Scottish agency Wave Energy Scotland to trial a prototype power take off system which helps to do just that. The duo has developed a technology dubbed ‘Quantor’ which for the first time includes th