The Mutriku power plant was inaugurated on July 8, 2011. In 2020, EVE announced that the Mutriku plant had produced a cumulative total of 2 GWh, making it the record holder for most electricity produced by a wave power plant, as well as most cumulative operating hours for a wave power plant. A study published in 2018 calculated that the
capacity factor of the Mutriku power plant from 2014 to 2016 was 0.11. The researchers behind this study proposed that capacity factor could be increased by improving control of turbine speeds. From 2016 onwards, various monitoring efforts were implemented in order to assess the environmental impact of
underwater sound emissions produced by the power plant. EVE announced in October 2022 that the plant delivered a total of 2.7GWh of energy to the grid. The turbines have an annual pneumatic to electric conversion efficiency of 30%. As of October 2022, the turbines are approaching their end-of-life and there are proposals to replace them with newer, higher efficiency (50%) turbines. As Voith has discontinued the development of the product, a new manufacturer has to be found. The project budget for the turbine replacement is expected to be 3.2 million Euros (vat excl.) and the replacement would take 42 months. By the end of 2023, the total lifetime generation was over 3 GWh, with 266 MWh in 2023. == See also ==