Centipod has been awarded technical support from Sandia National Laboratories via the U.S. Department of Energy’s TEAMER program. This funding will support the creation of a comprehensive computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of the full-scale Centipod WEC, enabling the team to optimize its design and pave the way forward to […]
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DURHAM, N.H., May 26, 2023 — Centipod today announced the successful wave tank testing of its C1P6 Wave Energy Converter (WEC) at a 1:20 scale at the Jere A. Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory of the University of New Hampshire. The primary objective of the scale testing was to validate numerical […]
Centipod is excited to partner with TTI Marine Renewables Ltd, a subsidiary of Tension Technology International Ltd, to integrate their groundbreaking NetBuoy™ technology as a prime mover for our wave energy converters (WECs). This collaboration will advance our long-term vision of creating lightweight, low-cost, and robust WECs. Together, we aim […]
Centipod’s power take-off (PTO) technology testing was featured in a recent video from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The expertise leveraged while working with NREL at their Flatirons Campus was second to none, and enabled the Centipod team to successfully complete the first test of our 60kW PTO system. […]
Centipod has been selected for support from the US Department of Energy, through parent company Dehlsen Associates, to complete the design of the Centipod 1P6 Wave Energy Converter (WEC) This project will also begin the prototype certification process and ensure IEC and IEEE standards compliance The Centipod 1P6 (C1P6) point […]