Charlottesville Company Developing Tech to Harness Wave Energy – NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather by Bob Day | Jan 4, 2016 | Renewables Ten years after its founding in Charlottesville, Columbia Power has completed initial engineering and testing for the largest and most powerful wave energy converter in the nation. Source: Charlottesville Company Developing Tech to Harness Wave Energy – NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather