Aquamarine Power is a European company that has developed a way of harnessing wave power that they call Oyster technology.  Oyster technology consists of a near shore (around half a kilometer away from shore) device that uses a hinged flap to push high pressure water through a subsea pipeline to an onshore hydroelectric turbine, like the ones used with dams.  They want to install a “demonstration array” of three Oyster generators on the West Coast by 2016.  So far they have been given a $100,000 grant from the Oregon Wave Energy Trust to find out about suitable sites for wave energy on Oregon’s coast.  They are also pursuing opportunities in Washington and California.

Organization Type: For profit corporation