Oregon State University – Wallace Energy Systems and Renewables Facility (WESRF)

Description

The Wallace Energy Systems and Renewables Facility (WESRF) is one of the highest-power university-based energy systems labs in the United States. In addition to the hardware capabilities outlined below, the WESRF research team are world leaders in wave energy converter modeling and control development; power take off design, development, and control; and wave energy array grid integration and stability studies.

Capabilities include:

• Component and Power testing
• Generator testing
• Microgrid testing
• Performance metrics analysis
• Power performance modeling
• Power-take-off testing
• WEC hydrodynamics

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Point of Contact: Ted Brekken – brekken@eecs.oregonstate.edu

Oregon State University is affiliated with the Pacific Marine Energy Center.