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Azura Demonstration at the Navy's Wave Energy Test Site Award Number: DE-EE0006923 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Water Power Program Date: 05/20/2015 Location(s): OR Office(s): Golden Field Office

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May 20, 2015
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Azura Demonstration at the Navy's Wave Energy Test Site
Award Number: DE-EE0006923
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Water Power Program
Date:  05/20/2015
Location(s): OR
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Northwest Energy Innovations, LLC (NWEI) to design, fabricate, deploy, and test a commercial-scale Azura wave energy device (WEC) for comparison of performance, reliability, and levelized cost of energy (LCOE). The expected outcome of the project is to demonstrate that the WEC can achieve a sufficient level of Net Annual Energy Production (AEP) at a capital cost (CAPEX) and operating cost (OPEX) demonstrating that wave energy can be commercially viable.