Ocean Power in New Zealand - Timeline

Timeline

• 1966: The world's first tidal barrage project goes online at La Rance, France, with a capacity of 240 MW.

• 2003: Seaflow, the world's first underwater turbine prototype, goes on stream off north Devon with a peak capacity of 300 KW.

• 2008: The world's first commercial wave farm goes on line in Portugal. It uses Pelamis devices and has a peak capacity of 2.25 MW.

• 2008: SeaGen, the world’s first commercial scale tidal stream energy generator, goes on stream in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland with a peak capacity of 1.2 MW.

• 2008: Crest Energy Kaipara Limited applies for resource consent to sink 200 marine turbines near the entrance of Kaipara Harbour, with a peak capacity of 200MW.

• 2008: Neptune Power given resource consent to build a pilot turbine off Sinclair Head in Cook Strait.

• 2008: Energy Pacifica applies for resource consent to install up to 10 marine turbines, each able to produce up to 1.2 MW, near the Cook Strait entrance to Tory Channel.