wiredInUSA December 2020

Plans have been unveiled to test and validate the technical and economic capabilities of the SeaRAY autonomous offshore power system

Sea trials for offshore power

When deployed at WETS, the SeaRAY AOPS will comprise a moored configuration consisting of a surface wave energy converter; a single, combined mooring, data, communications and power cable; and a seafloor base unit providing 100kWh of energy storage for payload operation. The SeaRAY AOPS is said to significantly lower costs and carbon emissions, reducing operational complexity, increasing safety, and enabling capabilities not currently available. The systemsupports awide rangeof potential applications expected to spur innovation in critical industries such as defense and security, offshore energy, aquaculture, and science and research. Following successful completion of the WETS sea trials, C-Power expects to complete the commercial launch of the SeaRAY in 2021.

Columbia Power Technologies (C-Power) has unveiled plans to test and validate the technical and economic capabilities of its SeaRAY autonomous offshore power system (AOPS). The upcoming sea trials for SeaRAY AOPS, run in partnership with the US Department of Energy and the US Navy, were scheduled to start at the end of 2020 at the Navy’s Wave Energy Testing Site (WETS), located off Marine Corps Base Hawaii on the island of Oahu. Initially conceived during a US Department of Defense project, the SeaRAY AOPS provides in-situ power, energy storage, and real-time data and communications support set to advance the marine economy toward a future of autonomous, connected and resident technologies. The system is designed to support unmanned offshore activities, including subsea vehicles, sensor packages, and operating equipment.

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