Today (June 12) the U.S. Department of Energy announced that a technology concept that RME has been developing to compete in the "Waves to Water Prize" competition will advance to the third "Adapt" round of the competition. Concurrent with the announcement of Resolute's advancement was notification that Jennette's Pier in Nags Head, NC has been selected as the site for the final "Drink" stage of the competition wherein the finalists will deploy their technologies in the ocean. The technologies that best meet the requirements for a portable desalination system that can be deployed quickly and safely to address post-disaster requirements for potable water will share a prize package totaling $1.0 million.
RME CEO Bill Staby said; "we're very pleased that one of the concepts we submitted to the DOE will advance to the next round but it has truly been a challenge to downsize our medium-scale (4,000 m 3 /day) Wave2OTM technology to meet the requirements for a system that is about 1/100th the size. We're already preparing for the next "Adapt" round and we're pleased that Jennette's Pier has been selected as the final "Drink" stage deployment site because we've worked there before and are familiar with the wave climate on the Outer Banks."
May 17, 2024
