Wave goodbye
posted by Cptn
The plans for the Wave Hub off Cornwall’s north coast – the first of its kind in UK waters and intended to ‘allow commercial exploitation of wave energy’ – has been put back a year to spring 2010 because of value for money issues.
Nick Harrington, general manager for the Wave Hub project at the South West RDA, told the PRSD: “We have reached the end of the tender process for the design and construction of Wave Hub and are disappointed that we have had to withhold the award of the contract.
However, we were not content that the two tenders received following an advert in OJEU offered sufficient value for money. We had hoped to have the project in the water late next year but as a result of the disappointing response from the market and the long lead in time to design the equipment, we have now decided to push back its installation to spring 2010.
“We will now use the additional time available to us to review the procurement process and the detailed design to establish the most cost effective way of delivering the project. We aim to complete this review within the next three months.”
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