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Wave and wind power could be combined on a floating offshore facility, according to one company.
Offshore Wave Energy Limited has developed a wave power device, which it claims could support a "decent-sized" wind turbine.
Speaking to New Energy Focus, OWEL director Chris George said that a commercial-scale version of its Grampus device could have a capacity of 12 megawatts before wind power is taken into consideration.
He added: "One of the interesting things about Grampus is something which we are not looking at at the moment. You could actually put wind turbines on the top of it."
The firm is looking for £4 million of funding to carry out further tests, which would lead to the production of a commercial-scale device in four to five years.
According to OWEL, the device would be easy to deploy as it could simply be towed to its location, where it would be moored to the ocean floor, minimising sea bed disturbance.
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