The underwater floating power generator Karyuru” will be tested this summer in the Kuroshio Sea area off Kagoshima prefecture. The system is moored on a sinker installed on the sea floor up to 1000 m depth, and generates electricity by turning a turbine by the flow of the ocean current.”
NEDO news release, July 7, 2017
NEDO and IHI Co. complete 100 kW demonstrator on ocean current power generation