Bloomberg highlights Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab
The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center recently tested three wave energy devices in its Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wave Energy Prize.
Bloomberg featured one of these devices — the Triton™ Wave Energy Converter built by Oscilla Power of Seattle, Washington.
Developed over six years and protected by 16 patents, Triton is a two-body, multi-mode point absorber consisting of a catenary moored surface float and a suspended asymmetric heave plate.
“We were extremely pleased that the tests confirmed our best-case power and damping predictions and that we were able to see a very close match to our numerical model,” says Tim Mundon, Oscilla Power’s director of marine operations.