THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE NECESSARY APPLIED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) TO SUPPORT OPEN-WATER TESTING AT PACWAVE SOUTH. PACWAVE SOUTH IS A PRE-PERMITTED, HIGHLY-ENERGETIC, AND GRID-CONNECTED DEEP-WATER WAVE ENERGY TESTING FACILITY THAT ENABLES SYSTEM AND COMPONENT TESTING ACROSS A RANGE OF SCALES OF MARINE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. PACWAVE WILL PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER (WEC) INDUSTRY AND EARLY PACWAVE TESTING CAMPAIGNS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCE WEC TECHNOLOGIES.