·         Functional in low wave conditions  - more hours per year, lower cost per hour.

·         Able to be shipped in standard 40’ containers from low-cost production sites to target markets.

·         Generators remain onshore -not out in the ocean!

·         Array moorings are lower cost compared to individually moored devices.

·         Deployed from vessels without need for undersea operations/divers.

·         Best power to weight ratio of any known wave energy system (kW per tonne data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance as cited in Carnegie 2011 Annual Report (Atmocean calculations as shown):

WEST has undergone 22 ocean tests of subsystems and in Summer 2012 completed its first round of sea-trials to assess deployment and recovery techniques.