The force of the storm

Elhuyar. In issue 4 of Zientzia eta Teknika magazine, Iñaki Ferreres informed us about Norway's wave plants. em)

These stations are again new, lamentable news in this case. Last December, giant waves have completely destroyed one of the two power plants built.

On 23 December the power plant was first attacked by a terrible storm (there was 20 m of wave) and there was a major disaster in the 16m high tower. Three days later another storm took the tower to the bottom of the sea.

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