The 33-foot-deep test site is part of Jennette’s Pier’s Wave Energy Test Center, a federally designated shallow water flatform for testing marine hydrokinetic energy devices and components in the open ocean.
The wave energy test center is the result of a partnership between Jennette’s Pier and CSI and is managed by the North Carolina Renewable Ocean Energy Program and Pier staff.
The recently deployed buoy can collect data for a variety of ocean and environmental conditions including wind speed and direction, humidity, air and sea surface temperatures, salinity, and ocean currents speed and direction, CSI reports.
It will remain at its location for at least one year and will provide valuable information about test site conditions which in turn will be crucial when preparing for future renewable energy device deployments.
While the buoy is on site, members of the Oceanography and Marine Hydrokinetic Energy Lab and additional CSI staff will provide buoy monitoring and maintenance.
Don’t worry anglers, it’s located way beyond casting range.
