Mutriku Breakwater Wave Plant

The Mutriku Breakwater Wave Plant is a wave power plant commissed by the Basque Energy Agency in the bay of Mutriku in the Bay of Biscay and is the world's first breakwater wave power plant with a multiple turbine arrangement.[1] The plant has a capacity of 296 kW from 16 turbo generator sets.[2] It was inaugurated on July 8, 2011.[3][4]

Mutriku Breakwater Wave Plant
CountrySpain
LocationMutriku
Coordinates43.3120°N 2.3781°W / 43.3120; -2.3781
Construction began2006
Commission dateJuly 2011
Construction cost€6.4 million
Operator(s)Ente Vasco de la Energía
Wave power station
TypeOscillating water column
Power generation
Units operational16 × 18.5 KW
Nameplate capacity296 KW
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