Wave Swell Energy (WSE) has informed that the Nobel Prize winner Peter Doherty accepted an honorary consultancy role with the company.
The Australian wave energy developer WSE deemed the appointment of Professor Doherty for the job that will see him provide advice for the company as a ‘significant endorsement’ for its wave energy technology.
The company’s device is based on the oscillating water column concept, which acts like an artificial blowhole with water rising and falling inside a chamber.
Professor Doherty was named a Companion of the Order of Australia, and is also the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
WSE plans to deploy a 200kW version of the technology later this year off the King Island, ahead of the installation of a full-sized 1MW version.
To remind, the company has recently validated the performance and wave loads on the planned demonstration unit.