Los Angeles wave pilot completes
Eco Wave Power and Shell finished a wave-energy pilot at the Port of Los Angeles, demonstrating coastal-integrated renewable power in a real-world port setting. The pilot completion is being framed as proof that wave energy can be deployed alongside existing maritime infrastructure. Companies in clean energy and embedded systems see the project as a concrete step toward commercializing marine renewables. (oedigital.com)
Eco Wave Power submitted its final project completion report to Shell on March 31, 2026, closing out the AltaSea pilot at the Port of Los Angeles that was installed on September 9, 2025 and described by the company as the first onshore wave energy installation in the United States. ( ) The pilot was funded as a phased, milestone-based program under a 2024 Pilot Test Agreement with Shell, with Shell providing co-funding for the demonstration and the company reporting total pilot capital expenditures below $1 million; Eco Wave Power also says the project obtained required permits and reported no significant environmental impacts. ( ) The technology tested is an onshore, near‑shore design that uses floaters — floating devices that move up and down with waves — mechanically linked to a hydraulic system so that the floaters’ motion increases fluid pressure, and that pressure drives a land‑based generator to make electricity. (ecowavepower.com) At AltaSea the system was clamped to existing port structures rather than anchored to the seabed, so the installation avoided offshore construction and seabed anchoring; the pilot’s contract required delivery of engineering, fabrication, installation and an operational trial under real marine conditions. (prnewswire.com) Eco Wave Power says the Shell feasibility study that preceded the pilot identified 77 U.S. coastal sites with suitable conditions, and the company points to an expanding international project pipeline (quoted at 404.7 MW) with grid‑connected testing and energy verification occurring at its Israeli pilot and a planned 1 MW site in Portugal. ( )
