NO LAND stands between Antarctica and Australia’s west coast—just a vast ocean, rippled and rocked by the Roaring Forties. For centuries these westerlies, which blow between latitudes 40° S... Read more
An old fishing trawler has been given new life in Norway, where it’s now anchored offshore in the Stadthavet area and serving as a wave power plant. It’s part of a project which... Read more
A new analysis suggests that large-scale wave energy systems developed in the Pacific Northwest should be comparatively steady, dependable and able to be integrated into the overall energy g... Read more
Scotland’s Albatern is putting a new, modular spin on renewable energy generation. WaveNET is a scalable array of floating “Squid” generator units that harvest wave energy... Read more
Alam estimated that one square meter of a seafloor carpet system could generate enough electricity to power two U.S. households What do champion surfers who gathered at last week’s Mavericks... Read more
The Liquid Robotics Wave Gliders have been plying the ocean for months, powered by nothing but the waves. Today, they got a big upgrade. Last December, a group of four Wave Gliders to... Read more
It is expected to fulfill the energy needs of around 10,000 homes Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) to develop one of the world’s largest wave energy generati... Read more
Liquid Robotics Oil & Gas will also do plenty of good The adorable boats of Liquid Robotics have served as important research tools for people studying the ocean and the environment. Now... Read more
Around 200 wave energy devices will be installed around the UK within five years if green electricity company’s plans are realised Ecotricity has today confirmed it has entered the mar... Read more
An operational lifespan in excess of 30 years. Its new wave energy harvest and conversion system claims to produce cheaper energy than existing coal-fired power plants. Energy is capt... Read more
It has no external controls With recent advances in photovoltaic panels and rechargeable batteries, it’s only natural that there should now be an influx of solar-powered electro... Read more
The project may even spawn global standards for underwater noise One device resembles a big fishing float with a piston that goes up and down as it bobs on the waves. Another uses the up-and... Read more
Why don’t we have stationary commercial fishing platforms that are anchored offshore, where they sweep the waters with their nets, sending the captured fish back to shore through a pip... Read more
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... Read more
Although wave power is attracting a lot of attention as a renewable energy source, it is possible to generate power from still water. All you need is an electrolyzer, which separates water i... Read more
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