An old fishing trawler has been given another shot in Norway, where it resides anchored offshore in the area of Stadthavet and plays the role of a wave power plant. It is the product of a project which aims for larger, purpose-built vessels to transform wave motion into useful electricity.
Norway’s Kvernevik Engineering AS leads the project, even though the primary concept for the first fishing boat conversion belongs to Geir Arne Solheim, who is the founder of wave power company (and joint-project partner) Havkraft AS.