SurfWEC LLC

SurfWEC LLC is a partnership of Martin & Ottaway and other industry experts that is advancing the development of the SurfWEC concept.

SurfWEC LLC’s short term goals are:

1. Refining the technical design and economic model with technology partners

2. Using a big tent approach, based in New Jersey, USA with a global reach

3. Spreading the message in the present sustainable industry field

4. Identifying investing, government, technology and utility partners

SurfWEC is a novel WEC approach to wave energy conversion  invented by Martin &Ottaway’s Mike Raftery. SurfWEC units are designed to create optimal surf waves offshore for WEC applications. By creating optimal surf waves with maximum steepness before breaking, SurfWEC units cause waves to input 100 times as much kinetic energy into surface floats as in typical offshore wave conditions. This is accomplished by enabling the surface floats to have average speeds 10 times faster than in typical offshore wave conditions. SurfWEC units also have a storm avoidance feature.