US-based renewable energy developer Oscilla Power has successfully validated its 100kW Triton-C wave energy system at the U.S. Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) in Hawaii.
According to the company, the deployment confirmed the strong performance of Triton-C’s core systems and generated a large dataset for validation and future enhancements.
“A huge thank you to DOE Water Power Technologies Office, all our supporters and investors who enabled us to get to this point. We are now looking forward to what’s next for the Triton-C,” Oscilla Power noted in a social media post.
The Triton-C device is a multi-mode point absorber, combining a geometrically optimized surface float with a vertically asymmetric heave plate. While designed to produce 100kW in high-energy West Coast waves, the Hawaii test site provided gentler conditions, about half the rated level, offering insights for broader deployments.
Oscilla Power added that the Hawaii deployment offers critical validation results that will guide the next stages of Triton-C development.
Earlier in April 2024, the company released a video showcasing the installation of its 1:6 scale prototype of a planned 1 MW Triton wave energy converter (WEC) off the U.S. East Coast, marking another step in advancing wave power technology.
