Atargis Energy has designed, constructed and is testing a 1:10 scale model of its Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter (CyCWEC) at the Texas A&M Offshore
Technology Research Center. The CycWEC is designed to address storm survival and energy costs—two issues that hamper many wave energy converters
currently under development. The DOE-supported work will demonstrate on a kilowatt scale the world’s first fully submerged wave energy converter system
capable of cancelling deep ocean waves using hydrofoil lift. Laboratory tests and simulations have achieved 99% wave cancellation. System modeling
indicates greater than 70% overall wave-to-electric power conversion efficiency and levelized cost of energy below 14 cents per kilowatt hour are attainable