Eco Wave Power, a company for Onshore Wave Energy Technology, announced another important milestone in the development of its first 1 -MW -wave energy power plant in the city of Portugal.
The company has successfully paid the first rate of 50% of the network connection fee – for planned 1 -MW station and made considerable progress in implementing the project.
This payment was made to E-Redes, the Portuguese power distribution system operator, which is responsible for the administration and operation of the national sales network and guarantees safe and efficient access for manufacturers and consumers equally.
In addition to the payment, Eco Wave Power officially announced the acceptance of the connection conditions for the public network in relation to the UPP/5089 power plant as part of the application reference PL 9000079210. This assumption refers to the connection conditions to the public power grid (resp), as announced by E-Redten in a formal letter dated November 27, 2024.
With this communication, the Eco Wave Power “expressly agrees to all conditions and technical specifications that are described in the e-RED letter” and the associated documentation, which enables the continued development and future integration of the project into the ecosystem for renewable energies in Portugal.
In addition, Eco Wave Power E-Redes has informed about a preliminary network connection date for 2026, which is planned until the final approval, construction and regulation procedure.
The Eco Wave Power project in Portugal marks its first use in megawatts in the area of Megawatts in the region. In the city of Porto, this 1 -MW implementation is located in the first phase of a 20 -MW concession, which was agreed at APDL (Douro Port Administration, Leixões and Viana do Castelo, Sat).
In March 2024, Eco Wave Power received the final approval (Turh) from APDL, whereby the way for physical work began. The company also issued a service bond that should ensure the completion of the project within a period of two years. In August 2024, CEO inna Braverman and the company's engineering team officially started the project with a visit to “The Gallery”, a tunnel under the wave water that houses the Wave Energy Conversion Unit. The location also becomes the first underwater wave and education center in the world of the world and will open its doors to the public in the future.
In February 2025, Eco Wave Power began to prepare important infrastructure improvements in the “Gallery” to prepare them for the installation of the devices and later public access. These upgrades included removing accumulated sand and debris, the reinforcement of structural elements by replacing doors and windows as well as the implementation of waterproof measures to ensure ideal operating conditions.
Eco Wave Power also appointed Juan José Gómez as the power plant manager, and committed Moq Engineering, a Portuguese engineering office, with the help of tools such as building information modeling (BIM) and parametric design final design and load calculations.
“Portugal is not only a world's leading market leader for renewable energies, but is now leading to the commercialization of wave energy,” said Inna Braverman, founder and CEO of Eco Wave Power. “By securing the grid connection for our first 1 -MW station, we will convert the view into reality. This is more than an infrastructure milestone -it is a signal that wavy energy changes from concept to contribution. Together with our incredible partners in Portugal, we build a new era of clean, predictable power that has been collected directly from the ocean.”