Fred. Olsen’s wave energy device Bolt Lifesaver has been deployed off the coast of Hawaii, USA.
The device was deployed at Navy’s Kaneohe Bay Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) last week, the Pacific Business News reports.
Prior to the deployment, the device has been refurbished and prepared for the installation by a Washington-based ocean engineering firm Sound and Sea Technology.
The Lifesaver is an advanced electro‐mechanical point absorber WEC platform.
It uses point absorber hull and power take‐off configurations to harness and convert the energy of the nearshore to electricity.
The testing and evaluation of the Bolt Lifesaver at WETS deep water test berth is expected to last for approximately six months.
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