David House | Source | Vice President at OceanBased Perpetual Energy
David House
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OceanBased Perpetual Energy
Vice President
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Ocean Energy - Radar test equipment to be deployed by OceanBased Perpetual Energy - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism
During a recent four-day mission aboard a 150-ft. research vessel, OceanBased demonstrated that clean energy can be generated for a consistent 24 hours simply by enabling the perpetually flowing current of Florida’s Gulf Stream to turn specially configured turbines.
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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.
