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Wave power

History
o The first known patent to use energy from ocean waves dates
back to 1799, and An early application of wave power was a
device constructed around 1910 by Bochaux-Praceique to light
and power his house at Royan, near Bordeaux in France. It
appears that this was the first oscillating water-column type of
wave-energy device.
was filed in Paris by Girard and his son.
o
(Oscillating water column devices can be located on shore or in
deeper waters offshore. With an air chamber integrated into the
device, swells compress air in the chambers forcing air through
an air turbine to create electricity.)

Potentials
Potential world wide: 2,000 TWh/year (10% of the world energy consumption)

o The western coastline has the highest wave potential in the US

(Northern CA)
o Floating or completely submerged
o Offshore or onshore, on the seabed
o Wave power at deep sea ocean sites have 3-8 times more the
wave power than coastal sites (but more expensive)
o Most of prototypes have been placed at or near shore

Reasons for un-utilization:

o Large amounts of money was required for wave power to catch up with
wind and solar. has cause of the hype of wind and solar energys
efficient electricity production wave energy production lacked a lot of
research and hence it is commissioned by production companies.
o paled compared to wind and solar energy.
o Also that be
o With wave power, some research occurred after the Arab oil embargo of
the 1970s, but since then government and commercial research and
development into wave power

Applications
TheAguadoura Wave Farm was the world's firstwave farm. It was located
5km (3mi) offshore nearPvMir of Economy.
o United 2.25MWin total installeoa de Varzim, north capacity. The farm
first generated electricity in July 2008and was officially opened on
September rm inScotlandStates (1.5MW)
o ofPorto, Portugal. The farm was 23, 2008, byniste the Portuguese d was
announced on February 20,
2007, by theScottish Executive, at a cost
of over 4 millionpounds, as part of a 13 million funding package
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machines was launched in May 2010.

o Australifor a3 MWwave fadesigned to use threePelamis wave energy

converters to convert the motion of theocean surface waves into
electricity, totaling to. The first a (1MW)
o United

Advantages & Disadvantages

o Advantages
TheNot expensive to operate energy is free no fuel
Dependsneeded, noSome designs are noisy. withstand the
strong waves.
But then again, so are waves, so any noise is unlikely to be
a problem

Must be able to
waste produced
and maintain
Can produce a great deal of energy
o Disadvantages
Needs a suitable site, where waves are consistently strong
on the waves sometimes youll get loads of energy,
sometimes almost nothing

Economic Considerations
o require the participation of some large companies, such as GE or
Siemens (both major.As with any energy source, the fundamental
roadblock toward more widespread deployment is cost. So far, the wave
energy field isfilled with small companiespicking off small amounts of
government funding where they can. It will likely manufacturers of wind
turbines) before wave power really gets rolling, according to numerous
experts. Those companies may be waiting for the technology to sort
itself out before investing, a common dilemma in any nascent field

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