BioPower Systems/City of San Francisco to Investigate Wave Energy Project

October 22, 2009 – Vol.14 No.31

BioPower Systems / City of San Francisco to Investigate Wave Energy Project.

BioPower Systems, of Sydney, Australia has entered into a collaborative agreement with the City of San Francisco to investigate the generation of wave energy from the Pacific Ocean.

Under the agreement, BioPower will work with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) to assess the feasibility of a project located eight kilometres (five miles) off San Francisco's western beaches with a generating capacity of between 10MW and 100MW. The proposed Oceanside Wave Energy Project would consider installation of a wave farm using BioPower's modular wave energy system, bioWAVE.

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bioWAVE mimics the wave motion of sea grasses to generate power.

Pending the results of a feasibility study, BioPower and the City of San Francisco will work together to develop the project aimed at supplying clean renewable electricity into the City's power grid by 2012.

The bioWAVE system is designed to supply utility-scale grid-connected renewable energy while being out of view, and without affecting marine life. The unique system sways in tune with the forces of the ocean, and naturally streamlines when extreme conditions prevail, leading to cost-competitive lightweight designs. Multiple bioWAVE devices, each with a capacity of 1MW, would be installed as an undersea wave energy farm, with the combined power output supplied to the on-land grid via subsea cable.

BioPower Systems, is commercialising wave and tidal energy systems that incorporate revolutionary designs based on the concept of biomimicry. BioPower is designing its systems to naturally avoid extreme ocean forces, using light-weight construction, resulting in anticipated cost savings. The proprietary bioWAVE and bioSTREAM technologies are designed to have a combination of lighter, more resilient structures to deliver both lower capital costs and lower energy generation costs. (10/22/09)

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BioPower Systems
http://www.biopowersystems.com

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