Oceantec OWC Case Study

This project consists in the installation of the OCEANTEC WEC into the sea. The OCEANTEC WEC is a point absorber device based on the Oscillating Water Column (OWC) principle able to take advantage of the energy of the waves.

At this stage, a full prototype has been developed in the North Coast of Spain, supported by the Basque Energy Agency under a Pre-commercial Procurement Contract. The testing activities of the WEC are also part of the European project OPERA (‘Open Sea Operating Experience to Reduce Wave Energy Cost’), which has received funding from the EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation program.