I was thinking about this last night and when I estimated 100 kW...

I was thinking about this last night and when I estimated 100 kW average output above it was a complete guess with no real basis at all. So I thought I would post details from a company email...

"The maximum output of single CETO 3 unit is 200kWm and the maximum output is achieved in a wave energy environment equivalent to around a 4m, 5sec period wave. The target water depth is 20-25m."

I believe the "m" in "kWm" means "maximum" in this case.

They will be deployed in sites where the waves aren't often 4m high so I'm guessing max power output won't be achieved very often. Let's hope the CETO 3 trials exceed expectations.

I guess this is an issue because if you want to build a 50 MW wave farm and if you really do need 500 CETO 3 pumps and since I have read that you can't deploy them more than about 3 deep (because of the attenuation of the energy in the wave front) then you would need a line of 3 x 167 CETO 3's!

But then again you have to measure this against the fact that they are there under the water, out of sight, doing their thing and providing clean, baseload power, so maybe the more the merrier, assuming it makes economic sense - which it probably will given the sentiment toward wave energy in Europe (for example) with the high feed-in tariffs and renewable energy certificate values.