The wave energy converter, the technology class that captures the kinetic energy of ocean surface waves. Belongs here: wave and tidal-stream conversion technology. Does not belong here: the hydropower turbines that operate on river or reservoir head rather than open-ocean wave motion, grouped under Hydropower Turbine.
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The Rance Tidal Power Station was commissioned in 1966 and remains one of the oldest and most successful tidal power plants in the world.
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