Image Credit: Ocean Energy USA LLC ===================================================================================== The world’s first-ever grid-scale wave energy device has been installed at the US Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) on the windward coast of the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. Funded by the US Department of Energy and developed by the Irish energy company Ocean Energy USA LLC, the massive energy harvesting device they call OE-35 is designed to capture the energy generated by ocean waves, sometimes referred to as “blue energy,” and convert it into usable electricity. The novel power generator will undergo several tests before being connected to the Hawaiian energy grid....