One Year Later, Finalists Reflect On the Waves to Water Prize

@misc{Water Power Technologies Office-2023-24334,
author = {Water Power Technologies Office},
title = {One Year Later, Finalists Reflect On the Waves to Water Prize},
year = {2023},
month = {apr},
url = {https://www.energy.gov/eere/water/articles/one-year-later-finalists-reflect-waves-water-prize},
keywords = {Wave, Scale Device, Hybrid Devices, Deployment, Alternative Markets},
}

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TI - One Year Later, Finalists Reflect On the Waves to Water Prize
AU - Water Power Technologies Office
AB - Water holds an immense amount of energy and an immense amount of potential. For example, the power of ocean waves can be harnessed to make clean drinking water from seawater. The Waves to Water Prize, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), sought to better understand this potential by challenging innovators to develop small, modular, wave energy-powered desalination systems.In April 2022, four teams visited North Carolina’s Outer Banks to deploy their wave-powered desalination prototypes. In the end, all four devices produced desalinated water and weathered the waves of the Atlantic Ocean.To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the prize’s final event, called the DRINK Finale, WPTO asked the four finalists—Oneka Technologies, WATER BROS, MarkZero SeaPower (MZSP), and Project 816—to reflect on the experiences, impacts, and inspirations the prize ignited. The finalists shared insights from the competition and what they’re doing one year later.
DA - 2023/04//
PY - 2023
PB - US Department of Energy (DOE)
UR - https://www.energy.gov/eere/water/articles/one-year-later-finalists-reflect-waves-water-prize
LA - English
KW - Wave
KW - Scale Device
KW - Hybrid Devices
KW - Deployment
KW - Alternative Markets
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Abstract

Water holds an immense amount of energy and an immense amount of potential. For example, the power of ocean waves can be harnessed to make clean drinking water from seawater. The Waves to Water Prize, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), sought to better understand this potential by challenging innovators to develop small, modular, wave energy-powered desalination systems.

In April 2022, four teams visited North Carolina’s Outer Banks to deploy their wave-powered desalination prototypes. In the end, all four devices produced desalinated water and weathered the waves of the Atlantic Ocean.

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the prize’s final event, called the DRINK Finale, WPTO asked the four finalists—Oneka Technologies, WATER BROS, MarkZero SeaPower (MZSP), and Project 816—to reflect on the experiences, impacts, and inspirations the prize ignited. The finalists shared insights from the competition and what they’re doing one year later.