wave power, definition of

The refers to using the periodic movement of the waves to generate power, usually in the form of electrical energy.

The wave energy can either be harvested out to sea using buoys or arrays of pontoons. Also if a coastline 'funnels' the waves in the right way, you can construct a wave dam to generate power by hydro.

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• Hydroelectric art gallery will generate enough wave power to be 100% self-sustaining
  London-based architect Margot Krasojevic has just unveiled a futuristic art gallery that runs on hydroelectric power. Slated for the coastal Russian region of Sochi, the Hydroelectric Sculpture Gallery will harness enough wave energy to not only be 100%...
• First-of-its-kind device prototype harnesses renewable energy from ocean waves
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• New Japanese turbines harvest wave energy and protect coastlines from erosion
  Surf's up! Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) in Japan are working to create special turbines that harvest the renewable energy of waves while simultaneously protecting coastlines from erosion...
• This carbon nanotube yarn generates power when pulled
  Power-producing materials are the stuff of wearable inventors' dreams. And scientists just created a yarn that generates electricity with a simple tug. The yarn, comprised of carbon nanotubes and submerged in an electrolyte gel, isn't ideal for sweaters...
• 'Artificial blowhole' harvests power from ocean waves
  Wave energy comes in many forms: at Inhabitat we've written about buoys, floating sea walls, and floating platforms. But Australia-based Wave Swell Energy (WSE) takes a novel approach to harvesting power from ocean waves using what CEO Tom Denniss calls...
• New wave energy generator taps into hard-to-reach low frequencies of the ocean
  Wave power—energy harvested from ocean currents—is likely to be the next big thing in renewable energy generation, so researchers are spending quite a bit of time on new technologies to take advantage of the sustainable energy source...
• Australian wave energy project sets a new world record with 14,000 operating hours
  Surfers at Sydney's Bondi Beach aren't the only Australians catching waves. The Perth-based Carnegie Wave Energy Project just set a world record by completing 14,000 cumulative operating hours. Located off Garden Island, Western Australia, the CETO 5...
• 15 percent of Gibraltar's energy could soon come from wave power
  Wave power is a form of alternative energy that hasn't yet scaled up as successfully as solar or wind. In the future, though, one British Overseas Territory could receive 15 percent of their electricity from wave power. Gibraltar has teamed up with Israel-based...
• 57% of Scotland’s energy came from renewables in 2015
  A new report published by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change shows that 57.7% of Scotland's electric consumption came from renewable sources in 2015, exceeding the country's 50% target for the year. This milestone comes in spite of the UK...

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