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Wave Energy Developers

The following table contains a list of the wave energy concepts known to EMEC. This list is alphabetical by company name and is not intended to infer any endorsement by EMEC of the concept or the companies concerned. The immature nature of the industry means that some of the categorisation of devices may not perfectly fit the simplified assessment made for this web site. If you have any additions or amendments, please contact info@emec.org.uk.

Note: details on the device type can be found at Wave Energy Devices

COMPANY TECHNOLOGY DEVICE TYPE COUNTRY BASE
Able Technologies L.L.C. Electric Generating Wave Pipe B USA
Applied Technologies Company Ltd Float Wave Electric Power Station A Russia
Aqua Energy / Finevara Renewables Aqua Buoy A USA
Aquamarine Power Oyster C UK
Arlas Invest MAUI Wave Energy Converter B (Point Absorber) Spain
Atmocean Atmocean B (Upwelling System) USA
AW Energy Waveroller C Finland
AWS Ocean Energy Archimedes Wave Swing B UK
BioPower Systems Pty Ltd bioWave C Australia
Brandl Motor Brandl Generator A Germany
Caley Ocean Systems Wave Plane E UK/Denmark
College of the North Atlantic Wave Powered Pump A Canada
C-Wave C-wave A/C UK
Daedalus Informatics Ltd Wave Energy Conversion Activator D Greece
Delbuoy Wave Powered Desalination B USA
Ecofys Wave Rotor F Netherlands
Ecole Centrale de Nantes SEAREV A France
Edinburgh University Sloped IBS Buoy A UK
Embley Energy Sperboy A/D UK
Energias de Portugal Foz do Douro breakwater D Portugal
Float Inc. Pneumatically Stabilized Platform A USA
Floating Wave Powered Generator Patent Pending Number US60/662/582 A USA
Fred Olsen & Co./Ghent University SEEWEC A Norway / EU
GEdwardCook Syphon Wave Generator F USA
GEdwardCook Floating Wave Generator A USA
Greenheat Systems Limited Generic Wave Energy Device E UK
Hydam Technology McCabe Wave Pump A Ireland
Independent Natural Resources SEADOG A USA
Ing Arvid Nesheim Oscillating Device A Norway
Instituto Superior Tecnico Pico OWC D Portugal
Interproject Service (IPS) AB IPS OWEC Buoy A Sweden
JAMSTEC Mighty Whale E Japan
Joules Energy Efficiency Services Ltd TETRON A Ireland
Lancaster University PS Frog A England
Manchester Bobber Manchester Bobber A UK
Martifer Energia ONDA 1 A Portugal
Muroran Institute of Technology Pendulor C Japan
Neptune Renewable Energy Ltd Triton C UK
Norwegian University of Science and Technology CONWEC B Norway
Ocean Energy Ltd Ocean Energy Buoy D Ireland
Ocean Motion International OMI Combined Energy System B USA
Ocean Navitas Aegir Dynamo A UK
Ocean Power Technologies Power Buoy A UK / USA
Ocean Wave Energy Company OWEC B USA
Ocean Wave Energy Ltd Grampus D UK
Ocean Wavemaster Ltd Wave Master B UK
Oceanlinx (formerly Energetech) Denniss-Auld Turbine D Australia
Offshore Wave Energy Ltd OWEL Energy Converter D UK
ORECon MRC 1000 A UK
Pelamis Wave Power Pelamis A UK
Renewable Energy Holdings CETO C AUS / UK
SDE S.D.E A Israel
Sea Power International AB Streamturbine A Sweden
Seapower Pacific Pty Ltd CETO B Australia
SeaVolt Technologies Wave Rider A USA
SEEWEC Consortium FO3 device, previously as Buldra A UK
SeWave Ltd OWC D Faroe Islands
Sieber Energy Inc SieWave A Canada
Swedish Centre for Renewable Electric Energy Conversion Wave Power Project, Islandsberg B Sweden
SyncWave SyncWave B Canada
Trident Energy Ltd, Direct Thrust Designs Ltd The Linear Generator A UK
Trotman Unit (Private Researcher) Inshore Wave Power A/B Scotland
Union Electrica Fenosa of Spain OWC D Spain
Vortex Oscillation Technology ltd Vortex oscillation A Russia
Wave Dragon Wave Dragon E Wales / Denmark
Wave Energy Seawave Slot-Cone Generator E Norway
Wave Energy Technology (WET-NZ) A New Zealand
Wave Power Group Salter Duck, Sloped IPS A UK
Wave Star Energy ApS Wave Star B Denmark
Waveberg Development Waveberg A Canada
WaveBob Limited Wave Bob A Ireland
Wavegen Limpet D UK
Wavemill Energy Wavemill D Canada
WavePlane Production Wave Plane E Denmark
WindWavesAndSun WaveBlanket A USA