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e. The test site has an underwater observatory which provides power and data connectivity to the test site through a cable which runs back to shore via the new pier in Spiddal. Because Galway Bay is sheltered by the Aran Islands, it makes it the perfect location for this world-class testing facility. The test site allows small scale devices, or those at an earlier stage of development, to gain sea experience in less challenging conditions than those experienced at more exposed offshore test sites. Test site users can demonstrate how novel equipment will operate, perform, and survive in real-sea conditions by taking a concept, or prototype, from the lab into the sea.