South West RDA claims that the Wave Hub is creating the world’s largest test site for wave energy technology by building a grid-connected socket on the seabed, 16km off the Cornish coast, to which wave power devices can be connected and their performance evaluated.
Wave Hub is connected to the shore via a 25km subsea cable that has been laid from the beach at Hayle on the north Cornwall coast out to the Wave Hub site.
The marine energy project is being funded with £12.5m from the South West RDA, £20m from the European Regional Development Fund Convergence Program and £9.5m from the UK government.
