Japanese shipping giant partners with marine energy firm to scope hybrid wave and wind projects

This image shows Bombora’s mWave tech co-located and integrated with floating wind turbines. Bombora Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) is to partner with a company specializing in marine energy to scope for potential project sites in Japan and surrounding regions. The collaboration between the Tokyo-headquartered shipping giant and a firm called Bombora Wave Power will center on finding possible locations for the latter’s mWave system, as well as hybrid projects which combine mWave and wind energy. The search for site locations follows on from what MOL described as a “detailed internal…