{"id":26249,"date":"2014-07-21T15:15:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T01:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=26249"},"modified":"2021-10-28T15:13:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T01:13:00","slug":"navy-expands-investment-at-wave-energy-test-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/07\/21\/navy-expands-investment-at-wave-energy-test-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy expands investment at wave energy test site"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Work at the Wave Energy Test Site (WETS<\/abbr>) located off Marine Corps Base Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> at K\u0101neʻohe<\/span> has received an infusion of $9 million from the U.S.<\/abbr> Navy. The funds, from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command<\/a>, are directed to the Applied Research Laboratory<\/a> at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> (ARL\/UH<\/abbr>), working with UH<\/abbr> Mānoa’s Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Natural Energy Institute<\/a> (HNEI<\/abbr>), to support industry testing of wave energy conversion devices. The K\u0101neʻohe<\/span> site will be the first wave energy test site in the United States connected to an active power grid.<\/p>\n

The ARL\/UH<\/abbr> has begun building a strong strategic partnership with the Navy in renewable energy research. “The Navy has established several aggressive energy goals, one of which is to produce 50 percent of its shore-based energy from renewable sources by 2020.” said retired Vice Administrator and ARL\/UH<\/abbr> Executive Director Michael Vitale<\/strong>. “In Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, our diverse renewable energy resources, large defense presence, and current grid challenges offer a tremendous opportunity to apply UH<\/abbr>’s unique research capabilities and experience to help the Navy solve their energy challenges. Wave energy is but one of a growing list of opportunities for future energy research.”<\/p>\n

The wave energy resource is abundant in many parts of the country including Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, California and Northeast, but there is a large gap between the potential of waves to substantially contribute to the nation’s energy needs and the reality today. Testing at K\u0101neʻohe<\/span> WETS<\/abbr> is intended to reduce this gap by providing developers a cost effective way to test and validate their designs, with the ultimate goal of reducing costs and improving performance.<\/p>\n

“HNEI<\/abbr> is excited to be working with the Applied Research Laboratory and the Navy in providing this critical support for wave energy testing, improvement and ultimate deployment of wave energy production at Navy bases in the U.S.<\/abbr> and around the world” said HNEI<\/abbr> Director Richard Rocheleau<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Read the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa news release<\/a> for the full story.<\/p>\n

—By Talia Ogliore<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Applied Research Laboratory at UH<\/abbr> and Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Natural Energy Institute receives $9m for testing and research of wave energy conversion devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[573,294,92,9],"class_list":["post-26249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","tag-applied-research-laboratory","tag-hawaii-natural-energy-institute","tag-school-of-ocean-and-earth-science-and-technology","tag-uh-manoa","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t