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PENNINGTON, N.J., March 14, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPTT) announced today a rebranding of its PowerBuoy systems as part of its aggressive commercialization efforts to more closely align the Company’s PowerBuoy® product designation with best practices of analogous industries based on power generation and on-board energy storage capabilities. 

Dr. Mike M. Mekhiche, OPT's Vice President of Engineering, stated, “This naming convention is consistent with industry best practices as observed within other power and renewable energy industries, commercial energy generating systems, and commercial energy storage products. The system designation change incorporates market feedback, input from the Technology Advisory Panel and potential customers.”

Accordingly, the new naming convention for the APB350 will be “PB3”, corresponding to “PowerBuoy with a peak power rating of three kilowatts.” This naming convention is based upon ideal yet realistic ocean conditions resulting in a net AC peak power delivered to a payload over a 20 minute period after converting the incoming wave energy into useful AC electricity.

Dr. Mekhiche continued, “While there are no established standards and methods for defining the power rating of a wave energy conversion device such as the PowerBuoy, OPT selected a generally accepted approach based upon best practices in other industries such as renewable energy.”

In addition to its ability to deliver AC power to a variety of payloads, the PB3 is also able to deliver DC power, and is equipped with an on-board energy storage system (“ESS”). OPT’s ESS is modular and scalable by design, allowing the PB3 to be equipped with approximately 50 kWh to 150 kWh of energy storage capacity, to meet varying application requirements. The new naming convention will be introduced at the 28th Annual Roth Capital Partners Conference on Wednesday, March 16th.

About Ocean Power Technologies

Headquartered in Pennington, New Jersey, Ocean Power Technologies (Nasdaq:OPTT) is a pioneer in ocean wave energy conversion. OPT's proprietary PowerBuoy® technology is based on a scalable and modular design. OPT specializes in cost-effective and environmentally sound ocean wave based power generation and energy storage technology.

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Company Contact:
Mark A. Featherstone
Chief Financial Officer of OPT
Phone:
609-730-0400

Investor Relations Contact:
Andrew Barwicki
Barwicki Investor Relations Inc.
Phone:
516-662-9461