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100-ton buoy earns wave energy's first world safety certificate

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CorPower Ocean's C4 wave energy buoy has become the first wave energy converter to earn full certification from DNV, the gold-standard offshore energy certifier, after a seven-year review. The company is now moving toward what could become the world's first commercial wave power plant.

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