Country Reports
NEW ZEALAND
Craig Stevens
University of Auckland
TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION
OPERATIONAL PROJECTS
The US-based company NWEI, in partnership with NZ-based Energy Hydraulics (EHL) and others, concluded testing of the Azura Wave device at the US Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii in late 2016/early 2017. During approximately 18 months of in-sea testing they were able to achieve 97% availability. This project is a continuation and evolution of the initial technology development known as WET-NZ.
PLANNED DEPLOYMENTS
Northwest Energy Innovations (NWEI) and their partners have developed a detailed design of a larger-scale Azura Wave device and are awaiting funding.
