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Wave Energy Prize - 1/50th Testing - Float Inc. BergerABAM Rho-Cee Hybrid WEC

Published by Ricardo Detroit Technical Center | Department of Energy | Catalog Last Checked: March 23, 2026 at 09:42 PM | Dataset Last Updated: July 02, 2020 at 04:19 PM
This submission of data includes all the 1/50th scale testing data completed on the Wave Energy Prize for Float Inc. During the testing of its 1/50th-scale device, Float Inc. Berger ABAM was deemed ineligible due to the fact that they brought a device with them to test and did not ship the device by the deadline stipulated in the Wave Energy Prize Rules. Because of this, analysis, results, and judging were not completed for this team/device. This submission included files such as: - 1/50th test data (raw & processed) - 1/50th test data video and pictures - 1/50th Test plans and testing documents

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DOI 10.15473/1415603
identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/7862
issued 2016-01-15T07:00:00Z
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  "BergerABAM",
  "Challenge",
  "Float Inc.",
  "Harold Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab",
  "Hydrokinetic",
  "MHK",
  "Maine",
  "Marine",
  "Oscillating Water Column Terminator",
  "Prize",
  "University of Maine",
  "WEC",
  "WEP",
  "Wave Energy Prize",
  "column",
  "data",
  "energy",
  "hybrid",
  "lab test",
  "oscillating",
  "overtopping",
  "overtopping device",
  "photo",
  "picture",
  "plan",
  "power",
  "processed",
  "raw",
  "results",
  "rho-cee",
  "technology",
  "terminator",
  "test",
  "test data",
  "test plan",
  "test report",
  "test results",
  "video",
  "water",
  "wave",
  "wave basin",
  "wave testing"
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modified 2020-07-02T16:19:59Z
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projectLead Alison LaBonte
projectNumber EE0006738
projectTitle Administration of the DOE Wave Energy Prize
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title Wave Energy Prize - 1/50th Testing - Float Inc. BergerABAM Rho-Cee Hybrid WEC

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