Exploring New Frontiers in Marine and Renewable Energy Innovation

Beyond our wave-powered desalination system, Water Bros is actively engaged in research, mentorship, and development across multiple innovative marine and renewable energy initiatives. Our team contributes technical expertise, commercial insight, and field testing to help advance cutting-edge solutions.

InDEEP – Innovating Distributed Embedded Energy Prize

Water Bros is participating in the DOE’s InDEEP Prize, focused on new materials and components for Distributed Embedded Energy Converter Technology (DEEC-Tec). This work supports future wave energy systems that are modular, lightweight, and grid-capable.

Finalist

Selected for InDEEP Phase II development

Materials R&D

Collaborating on advanced wave energy materials

Marine Focus

Targeting real-world wave energy applications

NSF I-Corps Mentorship & Underwater Coaxial Turbine Research

Water Bros is serving as an industry mentor to early-stage marine energy researchers at NC State University through the NSF I-Corps program.

Our focus:

Mentorship

Guiding early-stage innovators at NC State

Commercialization

Supporting transition from lab to market

Collaboration

Building bridges between academia and industry

Water Bros is collaborating on the development of a tethered underwater coaxial turbine, designed to harness hydrokinetic energy from underwater flows such as the Gulf Stream.

This system features:

Dual Rotor

Two counter-rotating rotors for power generation

Hydro Power

Designed for underwater energy environments

Field Testing

Validation through open-water tow testing

PTO Innovation with UNC Charlotte

We are working to advance Point Absorber Power Take-Off (PTO) systems developed in Dr. Wesley Williams’ lab at UNC Charlotte. These technologies aim to improve energy transfer efficiency and system resilience for wave energy applications.

Areas of focus:

PTO Design

Optimizing point absorber performance

Efficiency

Maximizing energy transfer from wave motion

System Modeling

Simulating performance under marine conditions