David House | Source | Vice President at OceanBased Perpetual Energy

We’re trying to define the area and locate how close to shore our equipment can actually be and still leverage the optimal water velocity. We’re also evaluating comparative statistics with measurements taken from previous deployments over the years by Florida Atlantic University. Why go 20 miles offshore if we can accomplish our mission at 10 miles or maybe even less? Each mile of cable that would run from our equipment to a shoreline substation would cost millions of dollars.