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Projects
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CURRENT PROJECTS |
APB 350 Autonomous PowerBuoy,
New Jersey
OPT has successfully operated an autonomous APB 350 PowerBuoy® off New Jersey, designed and manufactured by OPT under the US Navy’s Littoral Expeditionary Autonomous PowerBuoy (LEAP) program for coastal security and maritime surveillance.
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Oregon
OPT is developing a commercial wave park on the West coast of the United States off the coast of Oregon. The first phase of this project is demonstration of a Mark 3 PowerBuoy, with plans for a build-out to up to ten PowerBuoys, or 1.5 megawatts, grid connected.
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Spain
In July 2006, OPT formed a joint venture with Iberdrola S.A., global oil major TOTAL, the Spanish Government IDAE (Institute of Energy Savings and Efficiency), and the local regional development agency SODERCAN, for a dmonstation PowerBuoy off the North coast of Spain. OPT has been awarded new funding by the European Union to deploy a PowerBuoy, also on the North Coast, to demonstate improvements in the stystem's electronic "tuning" capability.
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Victoria, Australia
Ocean Power Technologies (Australasia) Pty Ltd is developing a 19 megawatts wave power station connected to the grid near Portland, Victoria. The project has received an AU $66.46 million grant from the Federal Government of Australia.
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COMPLETED PROJECTS |
Scotland
The Mark 3PowerBuoy was deployed at sea in 2011 by a team including Scotland-based Global Maritime Scotland Ltd, Port Services (Invergordon) Ltd and OPT, with the support of the Cromarty Firth Port Authority.
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Hawaii
From 2009 to 2011, OPT ocean-tested its PowerBuoy at the US Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) at Kaneohe Bay. The Oahu PowerBuoy was launched under the Company's program with the US Navy for ocean testing and demonstration of PowerBuoys, including connection to the Oahu grid.
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New Jersey
The principles demonstrated with the prototype PowerBuoy deployed and tested off the coast of Atlantic City were integrated into the designs of the buoys for Hawaii, Spain, and Mark 3 PowerBuoys. |
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