E.ON announced its Vagr Atferd wave energy conversion device has arrived at the EMEC in Orkney, and is now awaiting installation and the beginning of the testing period. This will be the first time the P2 machine, designed and made by Pelamis Wave Power, will be tested. The Vagr Atferd ("wave power" in old Norse) has 750 kW of capacity, and will be tested over the next months and years, with the goal to transition this technology from development to commercial phase. E.ON initially announced the completion of its first wave energy device in May this year.

Vagr Atferd is 180 meters long, weigh about 1300 tons. The "snake" produced electricity using the oscillatory motion of the waves, which help puch the water within the device through hydraulic "rams", mounted at the hinged joints on the device.

[source: E.ON]