Renewables company Enel Green Power Chile has deployed the PB3 PowerBuoy, a full-scale wave energy converter, as part of a project to study wave movement and the marine energy potential in Chilean waters, it was announced.
The wave energy device and an associated shore station were purchased from US-based Ocean Power Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:OPTT), which worked on the installation and will monitor the operational performance of the buoy going forward.
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