Team SeaPotential had the honor and privilege, as guest of the Tinker|Bristol Manufacturing Incubator and Makerspace, to visit with US Congressman...
Water Power Technologies Office
February 12, 2016
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Team SeaPotential had the honor and privilege, as guest of the Tinker|Bristol Manufacturing Incubator and Makerspace, to visit with US Congressman David Cicillini (D. RI), and to share updates on our progress in the Wave Energy Prize. Our report included our expression of gratitude for, and excitement about, the support we are receiving from Tinker|Bristol, and through introductions made by Tinker, from Roger Williams University and the local marine manufacturing business community.
The Congressman was especially pleased to hear of our ambitions to build an ocean energy research, development and manufacturing center based in Bristol and powering the world.
Also, the University of Iowa, where Team SeaPotential tank tested our 1/50thscale model of the DUO, published this news item on their participation as a tank testing venue in the Prize Contest at http://www.iihr.uiowa.edu/blog/2016/01/29/u-s-doe-wave-energy-prize-comes-to-iihr/.
As our team awaits the news in March, we continue to work on fine-tuning designs and drawings for a 1/20th scale model of our DUO wave energy converter and building stronger connections into the local marine manufacturing community here in Bristol, RI, which is already home to many leading edge marine materials and manufacturing companies, both for continued support in our hoped-for continued competition for the Prize, and looking beyond the Prize, to quarter and eventually full-scale DUO design, development, testing and deployment as an important contributor to a new energy economy for the United States and the world.