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Updated at 1:02 p.m., Friday, September 14, 2007

Next test of Kaneohe power buoys by end of year

Advertiser Staff

Ocean Power Technologies, a Pennington, N.J., company developing wave power systems, said it expects to deploy the next test of its PowerBuoy System off of Marine Corps Base Hawai'i in Kane'ohe by the end of the year.

The company has done three tests of its buoys, which are designed to generate electricity using wave energy. The company in a regulatory filing said the latest of its sea trials at the Kane'ohe base was in June, when a four-week sea trial came to an end. Ocean Power is trying to demonstrate the feasibility of using its systems to help power U.S. Navy bases.