Azura connects in Hawaii
Northwest Energy Innovations’ 20kW wave energy device grid-linked
09/06/2015
Northwest Energy Innovations’ 20kW half-scale prototype Azura wave energy device has been connected to the Hawaii grid.
The device is sited at the US Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site in Kaneohe Bay on Oahu.
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Azura is claimed to be the first grid-connected wave energy device producing power in North America to be validated by a third party—the University of Hawaii.
The Oregon company expects to conduct open-ocean testing for a year while interconnected to utility Hawaiian Electric.
NWEI plans to install a full-scale 500kW to 1MW Azura machine in late 2017 at the 80-metre berth, funded in part by a $5m US Department of Energy grant.
Image: the Azura wave energy device (Northwest Energy Innovations)
