CalWave Power Technologies Inc. (CalWave) provides a solution to harness the renewable power of ocean waves to produce electricity and freshwater. CalWave’s patented Wave Energy Converter (WEC) is moored offshore, simple and scalable. Our initial shallow water approach was inspired by the ability of a muddy seafloor to effectively absorb over passing ocean waves within only a few wavelengths. Our patented solution operates submerged, allowing it to survive stormy seas while causing no visual pollution or posing any collision danger.

In 2017, CalWave was awarded for a multi-million demonstration contract by the US DOE and received support by Thiel Foundation’s Breakout Labs. Through testing in open ocean, CalWave will validate and update estimated costs for a full-scale version of our technology.

In 2019, CalWave received two additional multi-million dollar awards by DOE contract to 1) build a commercial scale drive train in parallel to our open water demo and 2) design the next generation of our submerged pressure differential WEC.CalWave was awarded by the US Wave Energy Prize for meeting the threshold to double the energy captured from ocean waves compared to the state of the art.