Submerged wave energy farms destined for the US coastline

By Jake Kavanagh2024-09-27T09:03:00

Calwave’s x1 was launched in 2021 and went through extensive testing off the coast of California. The power and data generated was exported via a subsea cable to the nearby pier of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography.

Two areas off the Pacific coastline of Oregon are now test beds for a wave energy project that could see large areas of the seabed ‘sewn’ with surface – and submerged - generators.

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