Cork company makes waves in ocean energy technology

John McCarthy, chief executive of Ocean Energy Pic: Cathal Noonan

Wave energy technology developed in Ireland by a Cork company will be deployed in Hawaii later this year at the US Navy’s Wave Energy Test site on Oahu Island.

The OE Buoy designed by Cobh-based Ocean Energy will be built by Oregon company Vigor and deployed at the test site.

The €5.2 million contract is part of a wider €9.6 million project part-funded by the US Department of Energy’s office of Energy Efficiency ...