Sandia Pioneer WEC Illustration

This image creatively illustrates Sandia National Lab's Pioneer WEC Project. A OOI offshore buoy is tossing in a stormy sea, a cut away shows a rotating mass point absorber inside the buoy, and a comic-style diagram shows how the WEC creates power.

Illustration by Ian Hermanson, use under CC BY 4.0

This image creatively illustrates Sandia National Lab's Pioneer WEC Project. A OOI offshore buoy is tossing in a stormy sea, a cut away shows a rotating mass point absorber inside the buoy, and a comic-style diagram shows how the WEC creates power.