ENERGY producers and environmentalists from around the world will this month
turn their eyes towards the west coast of Scotland. On the Hebridean island of
Islay, a small power station called Limpet is poised to start generating
electricity from the waves rolling in from the Atlantic.
Limpet’s 500-kilowatt output will only be enough to power around 300 homes.
But as the only commercial-scale wave power scheme operating anywhere in the
world, it’s make-or-break for wave energy. If it proves a success, it will give
the fledgling wave power industry a much-needed boost. Any hint of failure could
spell disaster.
“I think the success of this project…
