US renewable energy developer Oscilla Power has confirmed the successful validation of its 100 kW Triton-C wave energy system at the US Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) in Hawaii.
According to the company, the deployment demonstrated strong performance across Triton-C’s core systems and produced a comprehensive dataset to support validation and guide future design improvements. Oscilla Power said the testing represents a key milestone in advancing its wave energy technology.
In a statement shared on social media, the company thanked the US Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office, along with its supporters and investors, for their role in the project’s progress.
The Triton-C is a multi-mode point absorber that combines a geometrically optimised surface float with a vertically asymmetric heave plate. While the device is designed to produce around 100 kW in high-energy wave environments such as the US West Coast, the gentler wave conditions in Hawaii – about half the rated energy intensity – provided valuable operational data for broader site deployment assessments.
Oscilla Power said the Hawaii testing campaign has yielded critical validation results that will inform the next stage of Triton-C development.
In April 2024 the company released footage of its 1:6 scale prototype of a planned 1 MW Triton wave energy converter deployed off the US East Coast, underlining its ongoing efforts to advance commercial-scale wave energy generation.
