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Wello News Update, August 2018

The summer is in full swing and so are the team at Wello. With the construction of the Penguin WEC-2 well underway, things are ramping up to be another busy period. The Penguin WEC-2 is being constructed under the clean energy from ocean waves (CEFOW) initiative by the European research and innovation programme, at Netaman […]

The Penguin hits one year continuous deployment milestone

The Wello Penguin wave energy converter has hit another milestone and is celebrating its one-year anniversary of continues deployment in Orkney, Scotland. The Penguin has been making records for wave energy converters since the summer, being one of the few wave energy converters which have been continuously deployed while producing energy throughout its deployment. The […]

Penguin making records

Wello’s Penguin Wave energy converter has been permanently deployed since Spring 2017. It has survived several major storms with waves up to 18 m, including hurricane Ophelia. Wello is clearly leading the way as the only wave energy company deployed throughout the year at the EMEC wave test site in Orkney Island, Scotland. The innovative mooring […]

Penguin reaches 150-day milestone

Wello Oy proudly announces that Penguin WEC has now been operational 150 days since its deployment from the beginning of March. More information about succesful deployment and testing: info@wello.eu

Penguin is getting closer to its first CEFOW deployment

Penguin wave energy converter arrived late Wednesday evening to Kirkwall where it was towed from Cornwall. Tow went well despite of the few days delay due to weather. Ongoing deployment preparations at EMEC test centre are part of the CEFOW project. “Two weeks ago the sea cable was already prepared for connection and mooring laying […]

CEFOW-project looking at early 2017 EMEC deployment

The consortium has announced that the Wello Oy Penguin wave energy converter (WEC) will be making its way to Orkney in 2017 as part of the Horizon 2020-funded CEFOW project. The preparation works for the WEC are near completion and the project partners have revised their plans to deploy at European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) […]

Penguin ready for deployment

Wello’s Penguin will be ready for deployment in the end of December. “We are fully confident that deployment will be successful despite of the demanding winter season,” says Heikki Paakkinen CEO of Wello Oy. Deployment will be part of CEFOW project, funded by European Union. Consortium is led by Finnish utility Fortum Oyj and marine […]