A recurring theme among wave power experts is that wave energy is where wind energy was three decades ago. At that time, engineers had not settled on the optimal design for wind turbines, but ...

In the Pacific Northwest, for example, waves get more intense in the winter when sunlight wanes. ... “If you look at the oldest wave [energy] patents, they are back in the 1790s.

In fact, it’s a wave energy converter — one example of a new renewable energy technology that transforms ocean waves into electrical power. The Lifesaver , as the device is known, is full of ...

NEWPORT, Ore. — At a moment when large offshore wind projects are encountering public resistance, a nascent ocean industry is showing promise: wave energy. It’s coming to life in Newport, a ...

It’s not that wave power is a new idea; patents for wave power have been around for well over a century, and there was a flurry of interest in it during the energy crisis of the 1970s. Large ...

In Chile, for example, or in Scotland or Australia - countries which are very open to the sea - they could [get] 80 or 90 per cent of their energy from wave energy.” ...

"Wave-energy converters need to take advantage of large wave motions to make electricity. ... "Ships come in a variety of shapes and sizes; tankers, for example, ...

As an example, when the unit is generating 40 kW of power in reasonable wave conditions, you could extrapolate the amount of energy to be in the order of 1MWh in a 24 hour period." ...