Atargis is excited to announce the kickoff of our two-year wave tank testing campaign for the innovative Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter (CycWEC) at the National Research Council Canada (NRC) facility in St. John’s, NL, Canada. Over the next 24 months, a 1:15 scale protype of the CycWEC will be fabricated at the NRC facility and undergo rigorous testing to validate device performance during commissioning, operation, storm survival and decommissioning. The towing tank and wave basin facilities at NRC that the tests will be conducted in are renowned for their capabilities in simulating real-world marine environments, providing an ideal setting for validating the novel CycWEC technology before ocean trials.
Our collaboration with the NRC leverages their decades of expertise in offshore device fabrication and testing to significantly enhance our project's scope and de-risk the fabrication and testing of our model. The outcomes of this testing campaign will advance the CycWEC technology from Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4 to TRL 6.
The Canadian portion of this project is funded by the Hibernia Management and Development Company. This project has additional funding support from ExxonMobil, Shell Gamechanger, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support our U.S. based operations for this testing campaign.
The testing campaign will not only prove the viability of the CycWEC, but also to pave the way for its future commercialization and application in marine energy generation. We look forward to sharing future updates of the results of this testing as we push the boundaries of marine renewable energy technology with the CycWEC.
