Chris White is promoted to head up Atmocean operations.

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, USA, November 1, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Today Atmocean, Inc. announced the promotion of Christopher M White from Project Manager-Peru to Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company. As COO, Mr. White will be responsible for and have the authority to oversee production, shipping, assembly, and deployment of the company’s wave energy and desalination system; identify funding needs and oversee budgets; determine staffing levels; oversee project implementation; and assist in market development.
Mr. White is a marine scientist with BS and MSc degrees in oceanography & limnology from University of British Columbia and from University of Amsterdam. He is tri-lingual (EN/SP/ Dutch) and currently is based at Atmocean’s project site in ILO Peru, where he has served about a year as Peru Project Manager, obtaining permits from the Peru Navy for the demonstration wave energy project, coordinating local resources to implement the project on time and within budget, and proving out the low cost of the Atmocean wave energy system which should lead to commercial opportunities in 2016. Previously he represented Atmocean at several UN-sponsored climate change conferences, including COP15 in Copenhagen and COP20 in Lima.
Arrays of the Atmocean seawater pumps are anchored in 20m water depth typically 1km to 3km from the coast, sending pressurized seawater onshore for desalination, electrical generation, or other applications. The Atmocean system has undergone over 90 days of sea trials, nearly two weeks of wave tank testing, and received seven technical grants from Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories as well as Oregon Wave Energy Trust and the UK Technology Strategy Board. The company’s zero-electricity reverse/osmosis (ZER/Otm) desalination system has been selected by AquaTech as a leading water technology innovation of 2015.
This ZER/O desalination system produces fresh water from wave energy by integrating Atmocean’s wave-driven offshore array of seawater pumps with a renewable energy desalination module that uses energy recovery to operate without any grid electricity. With this combination, ZER/O can operate entirely off-grid and supply fresh water for remote coastal or island communities, as well be used to drip-irrigate coastal deserts to grow agricultural crops and absorb atmospheric CO2.
The Atmocean system also has future applications to generate electricity from wave energy, supply aquaculture facilities, and even help remove plastic micro-particles from the ocean. According to Mr. White, “I’m honored to assume the role of COO for Atmocean. This is an exciting time for wave energy in general and to be working closely on one of the leading wave energy conversion technologies yields a real opportunity to push the whole field towards a tangible realization. This aligns with my personal goals of locating and bringing into fruition sustainable solutions able to address both waste and climate change. I look forward to the coming months with our efforts to bring Atmocean to the next level.”
For more information, visit www.atmocean.com or contact atmocean.information@gmail.com.

Philip Kithil
Atmocean Inc
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