Innovative Wave Power Device Starts Producing Clean Power In Hawaii

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July 15, 2015

With support from the Energy Department and the U.S. Navy, a prototype wave energy device has advanced from initial concept to grid-connected, open-sea pilot testing. The device, called Azura, was recently launched and installed in a 30-meter test berth at the Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) in Kaneohe Bay, off the island of Oahu, Hawaii. This pilot testing is now giving U.S. researchers the opportunity to monitor and evaluate the long-term performance of the nation’s first grid-connected wave energy …read more