Listen to Project Manager Even Hjetland explain the history and ambitions of BOLT Sea Power to Jan Moberg and Odd Richard Valmot at Teknisk Ukeblad! Link to episode (Norwegian)
On Monday Jan. 21st 2019, BOLT Lifesaver crossed the hundred day line of its second deployment at the US Navy test site outside Hawaii. With the consistent winter time Hawaiian wave climate, Lifesaver has had the opportunity to produce power...
Over the weekend, BOLT Lifesaver passed 50 days of non-stop power production since installation, i.e. 100% uptime. The 1 tone on-board client sensor package has been able to draw it’s nominal power during 76% of the time, allowing the client...
BOLT Lifesaver has now been installed for 25 days and is getting close to complete the initial four week commissioning phase. Power production has been maintained continuously since installation at reduced power settings to verify functionality of all systems. Apart...
On Friday Oct. 12th, divers from Sea Engineering Inc. successfully connected all three winch lines to seabed, to allow BOLT Lifesaver to initiate power production. Despite significant wave heights down to below 3 feet, power production was maintained uninterrupted through...
BOLT Lifesaver was towed from Pearl Harbor and connected to storm moorings at the 30m birth at the US Navy demonstration site outside Marine Corps Base, Hawaii. Divers are scheduled to connect the power take-off winch lines to seabed on...
