Under
a
¥70
million
($900,000)
contract,
OPT
will
tailor
the
design
of
its
buoy-shaped
wave
energy
converter
to
conditions
at
several
potential
sites,
teaming
up
with
Mitsui
engineers
to
improve
power
capture
by
using
advanced
optimisation
methodologies
as
well
as
modelling
and
wave
tank
testing.
Joint
analysis
and
design
work
is
expected
to
be
wrapped
up
by
next
April,
after
which
a
decision
will
be
made
on
the
next
steps
toward
ocean
trials
of
a
demonstration
PowerBuoy
system
as
the
basis
for
a
commercial-scale
OPT
wave-power
station
in
Japan.
“The
analysis…
