PB40 at Atlantic City

The PB40 prototype PowerBuoy demonstrated successful ocean testing over the period 2005 – 2008 at a site off Atlantic City, New Jersey. This PowerBuoy was the first 40 kilowatts buoy developed by OPT with support from the US Navy and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and is the basis for successive generations of PowerBuoys. The principles demonstrated with the PB40 prototype PowerBuoy were integrated into the designs of additional PB40 buoys for Hawaii and Spain, and in PB150 PowerBuoys.

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Project Manager

Ocean Power Technologies

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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:<ul> <li>Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment</li> <li>Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active</li> <li>Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water</li> <li>Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations</li> <li>Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water</li></ul>

Completed

Max Rated Power Capacity The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.

.04 MW

Operational Duration

January 2005 - December 2008

Project Duration

2005 - 2008

Energy Resource

Wave

Project Scale

Full-scale

Number of Devices

1

Grid Connectivity

Not Grid Connected

Waterbody

Atlantic Ocean

Site Characteristics Geographic characterization for the project location:<ul> <li>Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land</li> <li>Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary</li> <li>Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water</li> <li>Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land</li> <li>River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water</li></ul>

Coastal

Country

United States

Last Modified

22 July 2025

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PB40 at Atlantic City

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