WEBINAR: Our Approach to Wave Energy

IMarEST TV recording by the Aberdeen Maritime Joint Branch on the 17th August 2022. This webinar was presented by Cameron McNatt of Mocean Energy.

Mocean Energy develops technology that generates renewable energy from ocean waves. This is a challenging space, which inventors and entrepreneurs have been exploring for decades without wide technical or commercial success.

However, the industry is now at a turning point, and Mocean’s approach to developing wave energy reflects this. Technically, they develop innovations that improve performance using software, geometry, and direct drive generators. Commercially, they are starting with relatively small, machines in high-value markets, like O&G, and gradually scaling up through mid-sized machines in markets such as islands, towards a longer-term vision of utility-scale wave power combined with offshore wind.

About the Speaker

Cameron McNatt is an experienced innovator in ocean energy with a 15-year track record of business success and academic excellence. For the past 6 years, as Managing Director, he, and co-founder Chris Retzler, have led Mocean Energy to develop novel wave energy technologies with application in O&G and other sectors.

He has a Masters in Ocean Engineering from Oregon State University and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. Prior to undertaking these post-graduate studies, Cameron worked as a naval architect writing software for ship simulations. He also has a BSc from Yale University, majoring in Electrical Engineering, and is a keen sailor who has crossed the Atlantic under sail.

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