NAVY, DOE TO TEST WAVE ENERGY ADVANCES

US Navy, Energy Dept. team to develop wave energy devices; Agency to spend $10 million to test new technologies in deep water Navy facility

Michael Cooney, October 29, 2014 (Network World)

“…[T]he US Navy and Department of Energy [will] spend $10 million to test two deep-water wave energy devices [in new deep-water test berths at the Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) off the waters of Marine Corps Base Hawaii. The advanced marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technology] converts the energy of waves, tides, rivers, and ocean currents into clean, renewable electricity…Ocean Energy USA will test a full-scale deployment of their Ocean Energy Buoy…[which] works by harnessing the energy from air that is compressed by the natural rise and fall of ocean waves, and converting it into electricity. The Energy Department and the Navy will collect data throughout the deployment…[to validate] the mooring design and device durability in the open ocean environment, measuring power output at full scale, and evaluating the cost of energy produced…

Northwest Energy Innovations will build and test a full-scale model of its Azura WEC device…[which] extracts power from both the vertical and horizontal motions of waves to maximize energy capture…[The test will] gather comprehensive data and evaluate how the device performs in the open ocean…” click here for more

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