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Autonomous Power Systems

Ocean Power Technologies Autonomous Power Buoy® (APB) converts ocean wave energy into useable electrical power for remote and near-shore at-sea applications, where shore power is unavailable or inaccessible. The APB has been proven effective and reliable in sea trials and can be tailored to meet the weight, volume and power generation requirements for a wide variety of marine, mariculture, scientific, communications, maritime safety, homeland security, and military applications.

Advantages of APB Technology

• Powered by the endless source of ocean waves
• Completely autonomous (independent of shore power)
• Environmentally benign
• Station keeping capability
• Ocean going “platform” for mounting communications and instrumentation
• Accommodates and powers various payloads
• Provides a stable communications & instrument platform including cell phones, allowing “Talk on Water”™
• Easily deployed and retrieved in all water
depths
• Able to utilize various anchor and mooring
systems
• Designed for long term ocean survivability
• Low life-cycle costs

Extensive sea trials of the APB have been completed.

Autonomous PowerBuoy Applications
• Remote sensing & communications	• Oceanographic observatories
• Vessel detection & tracking	• Geophysical sea bed sensing
• Powering sonar & radar systems	• Coast Guard buoys for maritime safety
• Powering sonar & radar systems

Ocean Power Technologies Typical Autonomous PowerBuoys

Continuous Power	APB Class	Float Diameter (feet)	Spar Length (feet)	Dry Weight (pounds)
250 milliwatts	Sub-Mini	0.25	3.25	40
100 watts	Mini	1.75	19	3,400
500 watts	Small	5	30	4,500
10 kilowatts	Medium	12	55	40,000

Click Here to download Autonomous
PowerBuoy Data Sheet.

Additional Information or Questions?

In addition to the typical APB described above, Ocean Power Technologies can also engineer an Autonomous PowerBuoy for specific applications. For additional information on how Autonomous PowerBuoys can serve your marine power needs in deep water or near-shore applications, please contact:

Deborah Montagna
Vice President & General Manager
Phone: +1 609 730 0400 ext. 221
Email: dmontagna@oceanpowertech.com

The Autonomous PowerBuoy is protected under US and International Patents. “Talk on Water” refers to the receiving and transmitting of cellular telephone signals and electrical signals on buoys and distributed in bodies of water. A trademark application for “Talk on Water” has been submitted to the US Patent & Trademark Office.