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Project Snapper

Project Snapper, an FP7 research and development project funded by the European Commission and coordinated by Narec investigated improvements in marine energy recovery through the development of a novel, low cost, high efficiency rare-earth magnet linear generator for marine wave energy extraction, capable of generating electricity from wave energy with an ultimate target cost of €0.15/kWh.

This two-year project concluded in August 2011 and the consortium are now planning the next stages of development.  The project has been shortlisted as a finalist in the IET Innovation Awards 2011. 

Further information on the Snapper project is available here.

Download the Snapper case study here

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