A wave - powered monitoring system is to be deployed in the North Sea by Premier Oil as part of a decommissioning project in one of its offshore fields . “The PowerBuoy is an exciting technology and the project represents the first time that a wave power device is being deployed on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf on an oil and gas development. The Powerbuoy , which monitors the local environment , will be deployed in the Huntington Field in October for a three - month trial , with a six - month extension if those trials prove successful . The project is being co - funded and supported by the Oil and Gas Technology Centre in Aberdeen , and will be the first time a wave - powered device has been deployed on the UK continental shelf by an oil and gas company .
A wave - powered monitoring system is to be deployed in the North Sea by Premier Oil as part of a decommissioning project in one of its offshore fields . The Powerbuoy , which monitors the local environment , will be deployed in the Huntington Field in October for a three - month trial , with a six - month extension if those trials prove successful . The project is being co - funded and supported by the Oil and Gas Technology Centre in Aberdeen , and will be the first time a wave - powered device has been deployed on the UK continental shelf by an oil and gas company .