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How much did Central undimotriz de Mutriku cost to build?

The Mutriku Breakwater Wave Plant is the 296 kW wave power plant of 16 turbo-generator sets built into the breakwater of the harbour at Mutriku in the Basque Country, Spain, by the Basque energy agency Ente Vasco de la Energía and inaugurated on 8 July 2011. A 2025 paper in the Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology says the total initial investment was 6.7 million euros, 2.3 million for plant construction and 4.4 million for the dock enlargement.

Final project cost

€6.7 million

Approximately $9.33 million

Cost basis: 2011

Motrico, vista del nuevo muelle de abrigo.

Cost evidence

Basis of the published figure

Final project cost2011
tethys.pnnl.gov

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Key dimensions

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296,000 W

Project record

Opened or launched

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8 July 2011

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