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1 A Cabled Ocean Observatory on the West Coast of Ireland (and Wave Power Test Sites) James Ryan Marine Institute, Ireland

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10 SmartBay Phase 1 Mooring Locations, SA 4, SA 10, SA13

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12 Weather Station (On mast) Wetlabs WQM (~1m) SBE37 IMP micro cat (~5m, 10m) SBE16plusIM (~20m) Fluorescence/turbidity Acoustic Doppler current profiler (~1m) Dissolved oxygen sensor (~20m) Optical dissolved organic material (CDOM) sensor Optical Nitrate sensor (reagent free) Water sample carousel(surface) Spectral harmonic wave sensor(Surface) Seawater pCO2 sensor(Surface Instrumentation, Phase 1

13 Offshore Wave Power Test Facilities ¼ Scale Test Site Spiddle Site area 37 Hectares Located 1.5 miles ESE of Spiddal new pier on north side of Galway Bay Water depth 20-24 metres Directional wavebuoy recently installed

14 Irish Device - Ocean Energy LTD

15 Irish Device – Wavebob

16 Wind Turbines Test Site Spiddle Seilleán Wave Turbine WaveBob

17 Full scale grid connected wave power test

18 Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway, Ireland Tel: +353 91387 200, email james.ryan@marine.iejames.ryan@marine.ie www.marine.ie


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