Machines and plants that capture the energy of ocean waves, including oscillating water columns, Pelamis, CETO, Salter's duck, wave motors, wave farms and the Wells turbine. A technology belongs here when its cited article describes harnessing wave power. These devices float, nod, sway or sit on the shore, and all of them capture the motion of the sea surface and convert it to electricity or other useful work. A device is placed here when the cited article describes the capture of wave energy, whatever the converter design.
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Wikipedia: Wave power
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Wave power is the capture of energy of wind waves to do useful work, for example, electricity generation, desalination, or pumping water.
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Wave power is the capture of energy of wind waves to do useful work, for example, electricity generation, desalination, or pumping water.
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Wave power is the capture of energy of wind waves to do useful work, for example, electricity generation, desalination, or pumping water.
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Wave power is the capture of energy of wind waves to do useful work, for example, electricity generation, desalination, or pumping water.
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Wave power is the capture of energy of wind waves to do useful work, for example, electricity generation, desalination, or pumping water.
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Wave power is the capture of energy of wind waves to do useful work, for example, electricity generation, desalination, or pumping water.
View the Source Wikipedia: Oscillating water column
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Oscillating water columns (OWCs) are a type of wave energy converter that harness energy from the oscillation of the seawater inside a chamber or hollow caused by the action of waves.
Wikipedia: Pelamis Wave Energy Converter
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The Pelamis Wave Energy Converter was a technology that used the motion of ocean surface waves to create electricity.
Wikipedia: CETO
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CETO is a wave-energy technology currently being developed by Australian company Carnegie Clean Energy and its international subsidiaries.
Wikipedia: Wave motor
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Wave motors were machines designed and built in the late 19th and early 20th century to harness the power of wave or tidal energy.
Wikipedia: Salter's duck
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Salter's duck, also known as the nodding duck or by its official name the Edinburgh duck, is a device that converts wave power into electricity.
Wikipedia: Wells turbine
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The Wells turbine is a low-pressure air turbine that rotates continuously in one direction independent of the direction of the air flow.
Wikipedia: Wave Dragon
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Wave Dragon is a concept wave energy converter of the overtopping type, developed by the Danish company Wave Dragon Aps.
Wikipedia: Oyster wave energy converter
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The Oyster was a hydro-electric wave energy device that used the motion of ocean waves to generate electricity.
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