Port Kembla is about 60 km South of Oceanlinx Botany offices and the site for much of the physical development work.

The Oceanlinx Mk1 full scale prototype was fitted out and first deployed in 2005. The approximately 500 tonne device uses a parabolic wall to concentrate the wave energy into its 100 square metre Oscillating Water Chamber (OWC). A rise of the wave within the OWC drives a column of air past a Denniss-Auld turbine and induction generator.  As the wave recedes the column of air is drawn back into the OWC after passing the Denniss-Auld turbine.

The Mk1 Full Scale prototype was one of the first full scale wave energy devices in the world. Its operation over the last few years had provided invaluable test and operational data guiding the development of subsequent designs.

The Mk1 Full Scale prototype has completed its function and will be decommissioned during the second half of 2009, ending a watershed period in the company’s history.

Google Earth Satellite Image: Mk1 – Full scale prototype

Oceanlinx built and deployed an instrumented 1/3rd scale test unit of its Mk2 device in late 2007 and early 2008. The purpose of the Mk2 Third Scale was to obtain detailed technical data for floating devices.

Google Earth Satellite Image: Mk2 – One third scale prototype

Port Kembla is the chosen site for Oceanlinx's latest wave energy converter design – the Mk3.  The Mk3 Pre-Commercial or Mk3PC is a demonstration scale device that is identifiable similar to the Mk3 design, but will be constrained in life, operations, and scale to suit the environment at Port Kembla. Construction of the Mk3PC will commence in Q3 2009, with deployment scheduled for early 2010. The Mk3PC has been designed for a period shorter than normal design life and has the specific objective of verifying Oceanlinx calculated and test data for the Mk3 design, in open conditions.