en.Wedoany.com Reported - Dutch company EQOT will conduct open-water testing of the Mobula 5 ocean current energy technology prototype from July 11 to 16 in the province of Friesland. The test aims to advance the technology to Technology Readiness Level 6, verifying system performance in real marine environments and validating key assumptions required for commercial-scale deployment.

The Mobula 5 is a 1:10 scale prototype. EQOT CEO and CTO Pieter de Haas stated that years of engineering, modeling, and development work are now being validated under real ocean conditions. The test results will provide critical data for the next phase of development, accelerating the commercialization process.

The project focuses on verifying the following: turbine operational behavior and full controllability, energy production capacity and its alignment with predicted values, and hybrid simulation capability—integrating the company's proprietary OpenFAST simulation program directly into the turbine control system to achieve testing outcomes beyond traditional methods. Data collected during this test will support the half-scale product demonstrator planned for deployment in 2028.

EQOT revealed that, following initial validation, the company is laying the groundwork for demonstration-scale projects in the Florida Current and Kuroshio Current, as well as future utility-scale deployments, through collaborations in environmental assessments, permit applications, and project development.