
CalWave’s mission is unlock the vast and steady carbon-free power from ocean waves worldwide.
CalWave is bringing superior power generating technology to market with a global reach. Our proprietary wave energy converter technology achieves high performance while surviving storms and extreme conditions.
We envision a world that is healthier, safer, more equitable and prosperous than the one we are living in today - a world that synergizes with the ebb and flow of ocean waves to supply 20-30% of global energy demand in upcoming decades. Through rigorous research, innovation, and testing, we design and develop next-generation solutions that protect our planet and unlock the potential of its global citizens.

2012-2013
Inception and start of our patent family at the University of California, Berkeley.
2013
Calwave announced as semi-finalists for the MIT Clean Energy Prize.
The MIT Clean Energy Prize (CEP) is the oldest and largest student-run business plan competition in the US, with the mission to both INSPIRE and PREPARE the next generation of leaders to take on the world’s most pressing energy challenges.
2016
CalWave spun out from UC Berkeley, graduated from Cyclotron Road and was awarded the Department of Energy’s (DOE) US Wave Energy Prize.
2017
CalWave awarded multimillion open-ocean demonstration contract by the US DOE and received support from Breakout Labs, Autodesk Technology Impact Program, and the Sustainable Ocean Alliance.
2019
CalWave received two additional multimillion dollar awards by DOE and investments from High Tide Foundation and others.
The DOE award propels us towards:
1) building a commercial-scale drive train parallel to our open-water demo
2) designing the next generation of our submerged pressure differential Wave Energy Converter.
2020
CalWave’s “xNode” awarded the Grand Prize on the DISCOVER stage of the US DOE's Ocean Observing Prize to enable the “Ocean of Things.”
“The competition was designed to spur technology innovation, allow for easier and/or cheaper data collection across the 80% of the world’s oceans that remain unexplored, and contribute to the growth of the blue economy.”