SDE has finalized the construction of the first large-scale sea wave power plant in Jaffa Port in Israel. In the past, the sea wave energy conversion method had received support from the Chief Scientist of Israel, Ministry of Industry and Trade, approval no. 23425, which had enabled SDE. to build eight sea wave power plant models. The last of which has operated successfully for a period of two years, producing 40 kWh.
The new sea wave power plant, which is actually the ninth plant built by SDE Company, has been finalized and operating in the recent days, proving itself as a better and improved version of the previous models. It can produce 60 kWh (with only one buoy), it is a full automatic model, and only 10% of the whole system is in the water, which minimizes the risk to the system in cases of storms and other natural disasters.
The 60 kWh sea wave power plant is an initial stage of a total construction plan of 50 MW on the breakwater of Jaffa Port. Jaffa's breakwater is 1000 meters long, and the construction of SDE's sea wave power plant will provide cost-efficient renewable energy source to the port, as well as prevent the erosion of the breakwater that is usually caused by high waves. In addition, Israel's electric utility is willing to purchase the electricity from sea waves at a very attractive price of 12 cents per KW.
Due to the success of the new model, in the next moths, SDE Company will be hosting many business delegations from different parts of the world as well as Energy Ministries, Governors and officials from the Electric companies, which are interested in viewing the system in operation and finalizing cooperation with SDE Company.
The erection cost of a 1 MW SDE's power station starts from $650,000 while a comparable station costs $1,500,000 from coal, $900,000 from natural gas, $3,000,000 from solar sources, and $1,500,000 from wind. In addition, SDE's production cost per kW is only 2 cents, compared to 3 cents from coal, 3.5 cents from natural gas, 12 cents from solar energy, and 3.6 cents from wind.
