The Multi-float WaveSub Wave Energy Converter (WEC)

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This project is a 12 month collaboration between Marine Power Systems (MPS) and University of Bath (UoB) tomodel, design, build, test and validate a 1:30th scale multi-float version of the ‘WaveSub’ Wave EnergyConverter (WEC). The multi-float version will unlock WaveSub's long-term Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE)wave-to-wire efficiencies, to allow WaveSub to compete with ‘conventional’ energy generation withoutsubsidies, at <£60/MWh when fully commercialised. The WaveSub WEC is a game-changing device that tacklesthe energy trilemma head on, being capable of providing sustainable & cost-effective renewable energygeneration to the UK grid - every day, 1TWh of wave energy enters UK waters; an amount equal to the UK’sdaily electricity consumption. The patented WaveSub stands out from the crowd, with its unique innovationsthat include sub-surface orbiting power take-off floats and a variable depth reactor operation, allowing it tosurvive storms and capture energy from the motion of waves, in almost all sea states.