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AOE Sooke Basin Test
AOE Accumulated Ocean Energy’s (AOE) conducted a single-day 1:8 scale prototype of its Ocean Buoy Array System (OBAS), a point absorber that stores energy harnessed from waves a compressed air, in Canada's Sooke Basin. A test buoy was deployed into a calm ocean and exposed to mechanically generated waves which activated the air compression mechanism of the pneumatic point absorber. Gauges on the dock launching area measured pressure reaching almost 10 psi after only a couple small waves. While there is currently no magnitude of scale equipment available for converting the compressed air to drive a turbine or pneumatic motor, AOE has patents pending for converting diesel engines to operate on compressed air and is developing compressed air turbines and pneumatic motors.
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Project Status
Is the project actively being planned or is deployed in the water (active)? Or was the project canceled or completed (inactive)?
Inactive
Project Life Cycle
Project Progress through life cycle:
- Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment
- Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active
- Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water
- Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations
- Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water
Completed
Operational Duration
2013 - 2013
Project Start Year
2013
Energy Resource
- Wave
Project Scale
Sub-scale
Number of Devices
1
Grid Connectivity
Not Grid Connected
Waterbody
Sooke Basin, British Columbia
Site Characteristics
Geographic characterization for the project location:
- Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land
- Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary
- Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water
- Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land
- River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water
Enclosed Bay
Country
Canada
Last Modified
6 June 2025
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“AOE Sooke Basin Test.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/AOE_Sooke_Basin_Test. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.
Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects. <year>. "AOE Sooke Basin Test." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/AOE_Sooke_Basin_Test.
