5.8 CorPower ocean unveils commercialscale products to unleash utility-scale wave farms

In June 2022, CorPower Ocean unveiled the CorPower C4, its first commercial scale Wave Energy Converter (WEC) and CorPack clusters, providing the building blocks for utilityscale wave farms. This comes as the wave energy developer prepares to deliver its flagship HiWave-5 Project in northern Portugal, with ocean deployment planned for early 2023. The new CorPower C4 device will ultimately form part of a foursystem wave array, off the coast of Aguçadoura, Portugal, creating one of the world’s first grid-connected wave farms.

To date, CorPower Ocean has been financially supported by EIT InnoEnergy, the European Commission, the Swedish Energy Agency, AICEP Global (Norte2020), Wave Energy Scotland, CoreSpring New Technology, ALMI Invest Greentech, SEB Greentech VC and additional private investors.

The CorPower C4, with 300kW power rating, represents the world’s most compact wave energy system in relation to power output. With a strong and lightweight structure, it can be produced rapidly in large volumes. The technology is designed and delivered as CorPack clusters of 10-20MW rating, forming the building blocks of future large-scale wave farms.

CorPack wave farms will have minimal visual impact and can deliver up to three times as much power per ocean footprint compared to a typical offshore wind farm. With CorPack offering ‘plug and play’ compatibility with offshore wind infrastructure, the modular architecture is expected to play a key role supporting hybrid wind-wave farms, providing a pathway to 24/7 Carbon Free Energy.

PATRI k M Ö ll ER Co-founder and CEO of CorPower Ocean

We are on track to deliver certified and warrantied waveform energy converter products to the market by 2024/25, unleashing the full potential of ‘utility-scale’ wave farms.

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