Power at Sea Prize Results
In the CONCEPT Phase, 20 teams were awarded $10,000 each for their innovative concepts that use marine energy to power ocean-based activities. These teams will now compete in the second and final phase, DEVELOP, which aims to better position competitors for continued technology development following the prize.Read the official CONCEPT Phase winner announcement from the U.S. Department of Energy.
The CONCEPT Phase winners and their project submissions include the following (listed alphabetically):
| Team Name | Submission Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| AquaSync | Wind-Wave Energy Buoy Powered Monitoring Network | Ann Arbor, MI |
| BlueBio&Beyond | Wave Energy for Seaweed Cultivation and Processing | Hoboken, NJ |
| Cal Poly Mechanical Engineering | Oscillating Water Column for Underwater Charging | San Luis Obispo, CA |
| Changzheng Huang | Micro-Turbines for Harvesting Marine Energy | Irvine, CA |
| E-Wave Technologies | Oscillating Water Column Powering Aquaculture | Hoboken, NJ |
| IMTAqua | Wave Powered IMTAquaculture | Ithaca, NY |
| OceaniCal | Oceantelligence – Wave-Powered Ocean Monitoring | Berkeley, CA |
| ODU Ocean Wave Energy | Submerged Ocean Wave Energy Converters (SOWEC) | Norfolk, VA |
| OffshoreLink | Ocean Observation and Wireless Communications | Hoboken, NJ |
| Oscilla Power Inc. | Wave-Powered Autonomous Underwater Vehicle | Seattle, WA |
| Pittsburgh Coastal Energy | The PINGuin – Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Battery Charging at Sea | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Poseidon's Kite | Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Power Station | Keswick, VA |
| SEAquestration Team | CArbon Sequestration Harnessing Energy from Waves | Ithaca, NY |
| Seatrec, Inc. | Ocean-Powered Subsea Robots Map Pelagic Habitats | Vista, CA |
| Sperra | Reef-WEC: A Living Breakwater Wave Energy Converter | Boulder, CO |
| Streaming Energy | Streaming Energy: Solid State Ocean Power | Raleigh, NC |
| Team Michigan Tech | Designing a Highly Efficient Power Take-Off | Houghton, MI |
| Wave Water Works | Patented Gearbox Harnesses Wave Power – Scalable | Farmington Hills, MI |
| WaveRiders | Novel Marine Energy Harvester for Sea Power | Calverton, MD |
| Waverocker Energy | Waverocker Generator: Powering Ocean Observation | Montrose, CA |