Renewable energy prototype revealed as unidentified floating object in Puget Sound - KOMO News
Renewable energy prototype revealed as unidentified floating object in Puget Sound
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PUGET SOUND, Wash. — There have been numerous sightings of an unidentified floating object in the Puget Sound area.
It turns out that buoy, also known as Ocean-2, aims at creating clean and cheap energy. The prototype was created by Panthalassa, a startup company in Portland, Oregon.
Panthalassa's co-founder, Garth Sheldon-Coulson, said Ocean-2 was deployed off Everett Ship Repair almost a month ago to test and create clean renewable energy.
“We tested our electricity generation technology, also test satellite communication on all of the things that we need to make the technology work and capture energy," said Sheldon-Coulson.
It certainly caught the eye of many, and there was speculation about what it was on social media.
“They saw it when it was horizontal, and that's when it’s turned off and being moved around. When we got it into the straight, we would turn it vertical, and then it makes energy by going up and down," said Sheldon-Coulson.
Sheldon-Coulson said Ccean-2 was out at sea for a 3-week trial, but this isn’t the first prototype testing they’ve done.
“Ocean-1, we were making green hydrogen on the device, so the green hydrogen you can make it by splitting water, and that’s a fuel that can be used to replace fossil fuels," said Sheldon-Coulson.
KOMO News asked about the impact on marine life, and Sheldon-Coulson said they designed the buoy to ensure no marine life is disrupted or caught in their system.
As for the testing on Ocean-2, we’re told it was successful and preparing to go back to Portland.
“The next step after this successful test is to come back and engineer the next best version Ocean-3," said Sheldon-Coulson.
Ocean-3 is expected to be tested within a year. Sheldon-Coulson said this is just one more step in their journey to create clean renewable energy.
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