Pittsburgh Coastal Energy Wins Phase 1 of InDEEP Contest

Pittsburgh Coastal Energy was announced as one of 19 Phase 1 winners of the Innovating Distributed Embedded Energy Prize (InDEEP) contest. We were awarded $15k from the Department of Energy for our concept for polar ionic nanogenerators (PINGs) - small devices that convert ocean wave energy into electricity to provide clean energy at sea. Phase 1 consisted of a technical narrative and a technology performance level assessment to evaluate our concept’s technical merit and potential for wave energy harvesting applications. In Phase 2 of the contest, we will construct and test a PING prototype to demonstrate its ability to generate power on a benchtop scale.