Eco Wave Power (EWP) has revealed plans for a 1MW project on the Greece island of Halki.
EWP chief executive and founder Inna Braverman announced the project during a presentation at the annual Israel-Greece Conference, hosted by Calcalist in Agii Theodori.
Braverman said that Halki wants to be 100% green and renewable and recently received recognition for its sustainability efforts.
The island, she told delegates, plans on combining 1MW of solar, 1MW of wind and 1MW of wave energy, with the EU programme New Energy Solutions Optimized for Island (NESOI) providing the funding for EWP’s feasibility study in the island.
The study should be completed by the end of 2022, which will help enable the construction of Greece’s first 1MW grid-connected wave energy array.
She said: “Our commercialisation plan includes our upcoming project in Israel, which is co-funded by the Israeli Energy Ministry, that recognised the Eco Wave Power technology as a pioneering technology, and EDF Renewables.
“We are also planning our first US project on the AltaSea premises in the Port of Los Angeles, to be followed by commercial scale projects in Spain, Portugal and other locations in the company’s 327.7MW pipeline.”
The Greek Island of Halki is rapidly becoming known as Greece’s “green island” since it is the first of several islands to be transformed by the Greek government as part of the “GR-Eco” project, which provides the islands with renewable energy sources, making them independent of the national grid.
“Halki Island is constantly looking for new energy solutions,” said Halki’s mayor, Angelos Fragakis., adding: “Eco Wave Power’s use of wave technology is a prime example of why ‘GR-Eco’ was formed: to foster new technology that can help each island in Greece be self-sustained and help do our part in the global fight against climate change.”