Center for Ocean Energy Technology (COET) News
Center for Ocean Energy Technology
deployed four acoustic doppler current profilers (ADCP)
at moorings in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of Florida.
The devices are located from 4.9 miles to 22.3 miles off Dania
Beach at depths ranging from 725 feet to 2,116 feet.
The deployment of the ADCPs will enable researchers at FAU to gather baseline information which is needed to characterize, in detail, the spatial and temporal variability of the Gulf Stream, the most energy dense ocean current, for its potential use as an abundant renewable energy source .
The deployment of the ADCPs is the first step
in the COET’s plans to create a National Open-Ocean Energy
Laboratory that will involve a permanent infrastructure offshore to
serve as an integrated, standardized testing and research range for
advanced marine and hydrokinetic devices.
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