Announcements and milestones from the LumaNet development program.
Anacapa (via Dehlsen Associates LLC) has been awarded technical support from Sandia National Laboratories via the U.S. Department of Energy’s TEAMER program, under Request for Technical Support (RFTS) 18. This funding will support the evaluation of the utility-scale LN12 WEC through computational fluid dynamics (CFD), providing ultimate loads for Anacapa’s engineering efforts. This brings utility…
Santa Barbara, CA — December 11, 2025 — Anacapa Wavepower announces that DNV, a global leader in assurance and risk management, has issued a Statement of Feasibility (SoF) for the company’s LumaNet wave energy converter. The SoF was issued under DNV-SE-0120: Certification of Wave Energy Converters and Arrays and confirms that the LumaNet technology is…
Anacapa Wavepower was selected (through parent company, Dehlsen Associates, LLC) for their project: Co-Development of Wave Energy and Modular Floating Desalination within the U.S. Department of Energy’s announcement of support for 25 small business-led hydropower and marine energy projects through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. Anacapa will…
Santa Barbara, CA – May 9, 2024 – Centipod Wave Energy today announced a significant rebranding, changing its name to Anacapa Wavepower. Anacapa Island, part Channel Islands National Park and Marine Sanctuary, is home to a beautiful and healthy marine ecosystem that provides inspiration to the team in their efforts to continue pushing the boundaries…
Centipod has been awarded technical support from Sandia National Laboratories via the U.S. Department of Energy’s TEAMER program. This funding will support the creation of a comprehensive computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of the full-scale Centipod WEC, enabling the team to optimize its design and pave the way forward to deployment. Centipod’s unique two-part point…
DURHAM, N.H., May 26, 2023 — Centipod today announced the successful wave tank testing of its C1P6 Wave Energy Converter (WEC) at a 1:20 scale at the Jere A. Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory of the University of New Hampshire. The primary objective of the scale testing was to validate numerical models and to demonstrate the…
Centipod is excited to partner with TTI Marine Renewables Ltd, a subsidiary of Tension Technology International Ltd, to integrate their groundbreaking NetBuoy™ technology as a prime mover for our wave energy converters (WECs). This collaboration will advance our long-term vision of creating lightweight, low-cost, and robust WECs. Together, we aim to significantly reduce the cost…
Centipod’s power take-off (PTO) technology testing was featured in a recent video from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The expertise leveraged while working with NREL at their Flatirons Campus was second to none, and enabled the Centipod team to successfully complete the first test of our 60kW PTO system. Check out the video below…
Centipod has been selected for support from the US Department of Energy, through parent company Dehlsen Associates, to complete the design of the Centipod 1P6 Wave Energy Converter (WEC) This project will also begin the prototype certification process and ensure IEC and IEEE standards compliance The Centipod 1P6 (C1P6) point absorber WEC, leverages a light-weight…