We write a lot about wave power here at Inhabitat, but functional wave farms are few and far between.
Now Ocean Power Technologies has hooked up its PB40 PowerBuoy to the grid at the Marine Corps Base in Hawaii, marking the first time waves have provided energy to the U.S. electrical grid.
Unlike many tidal power devices, the PowerBuoy generates energy from the rising and falling of the waves. A 10 MW PowerBuoy station occupies 12.5 hectares of ocean.
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- Dynamics 365 and Power Platform 2021 release wave 1 kicks offon April 6, 2021 at 7:38 am
With previous phases having completed, general availability for the release wave 1 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform is now underway, and is set to continue for the next six months.
- TechnipFMC (FTI) Partners Bombora for Floating Wave-Wind Poweron April 5, 2021 at 10:03 am
TechnipFMC's (FTI) collaboration with Bombora will at first focus on InSPIRE project in which InSPIRE stands for Integrated Semi-Submersible Platform with Innovative Renewable Energy.
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