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Technology NameTechnology ImageCompany NameTechnology StageTechnology TypeNameplate CapacityProject Title(s)
Aegir Dynamo Aegir Dynamo Ocean NavitasDetailed DesignPoint Absorber-Ocean Navitas - NaREC
Anaconda Anaconda Checkmate Seaenergy Ltd.Scale Model Testing - Tank TestingAttenuator1 MW
AquaBuOY AquaBuOY Finavera Renewables Ocean Energy, Ltd.Full Scale PrototypePoint Absorber0.25 MWMakah Bay Offshore Wave Pilot Project
Coos County Offshore Wave Energy Power Plant
Humboldt County Wave Project
Figueira da Foz, Portugal
Ucluelet, BC, Canada
South Africa
Archimedes Wave Swing Archimedes Wave Swing AWS Ocean Energy (formerly Oceanergia)Full Scale PrototypePoint Absorber0.25 MWAWS II
Portugal Pre-Commercial Pilot Project
bioSTREAM bioSTREAM BioPower Systems Pty LtdDetailed DesignOscillating Hydrofoil0.25 MW; 0.5 MW; 1 MWbioSTREAM Pilot Plant
bioWAVE bioWAVE BioPower Systems Pty LtdDetailed DesignPitching/Surging/Heaving/Sway (PSHS)0.25 MW; 0.5 MW; 1 MWbioWAVE Pilot Plant
Blue Energy Ocean Turbine (Davis Hydro Turbine) Blue Energy Ocean Turbine (Davis Hydro Turbine) Blue EnergyScale Model Testing - Sea TrialsVertical Axis Turbine0.25 MW
Brandl Generator Brandl Generator Brandl MotorScale Model Testing - Sea TrialsAttenuator-
C5 C5 Wave Star EnergyScale Model Testing - Sea TrialsPoint Absorber1:2 scale: 0.5 MW (assumes water velocity of 2.5m/s); full scale: 6 MW (assumes water velocity of 5m/s)Wave Star Energy - 1:10 Scale Model Test
1:2 Scale Model Test
CETO (Cylindrical Energy Transfer Oscillator) CETO (Cylindrical Energy Transfer Oscillator) SeaPower Pacific (subsidiary of Renewable Energy Holdings Plc/Carnegie Corporation Ltd)Scale Model Testing - Sea TrialsPoint Absorber0.1891 MWCETO Precommercial Pilot Project
Clean Current 1.0 MW; Clean Current 1.5 MW; Clean Current 2.2 MW Clean Current 1.0 MW; Clean Current 1.5 MW; Clean Current 2.2 MW Clean Current Power SystemsFull Scale PrototypeHorizontal Axis Turbine1 MW; 1.5 MW; 2.2 MW; 0.065 MW scale model being tested at Race Rocks projectRace Rocks Demonstration
Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy Commercial Scale Demonstration
Contra-Rotating Marine Turbine (CoRMaT) Contra-Rotating Marine Turbine (CoRMaT) University of StrathclydeScale Model Testing - Sea TrialsHorizontal Axis Turbine0.03 MWContra-Rotating Marine Turbine (CoRMaT)
C-Plane C-Plane Aquantis, Inc.Scale Model Testing - Tank TestingHorizontal Axis Turbine2.6 MWAquantis Project
Current Power Current Power Current Power ABScale Model Testing - Tank TestingVertical Axis Turbine0.012 MW - 3 MWNorde lv
C-Wave C-Wave C-WaveDetailed DesignAttenuator-
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