Waves to Water Prize Wave Energy Device Viewing at CSI
Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) and administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Waves to Water Prize is a five-stage, $3.3 million competition. The prize kicked off in mid-2019 and challenged competitors to design, refine, and build their wave-powered desalination devices in hopes of providing better access to clean drinking water for remote coastal communities and for disaster relief efforts.
The Coastal Studies Institute is a DOE prize partner and host of the final DRINK Stage. As part of the DRINK Finale series of events, CSI welcomes members public to the ECU Outer Banks Campus to view the four wave-powered desalination devices that will be deployed just off of Jennette's Pier later in April.
