When I entered the renewable energy beat 15 years ago, devices like the one shown here, that extract some of the kinetic energy out of ocean waves, were considered potentially feasible. Over the years, however, we’ve both a) seen the …
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Ocean Wave Energy
Here’s another variation on the theme of converting the kinetic energy in ocean waves into electricity. Is it any better than what’s available now? No. This device allows the waves to move a long series of conductors up and down …
Ocean Wave Energy
A friend asked for my views on ocean wave energy, which I sent along (see link above). I wrote, “Some of them are more pessimistic than others. In essence, there are still several different basic concepts, but none has any …
Ocean Wave Energy Doomed To Failure
This is about what anyone who knows anything about clean energy would have predicted about Eco Wave Power Global: a loss of about 75% of its market value since it hit NASDAQ about six months ago. How long does it …
What To Make About This Concept In Ocean Wave Energy?
When I come across an idea like this, one that requires angel investment to bring this new concept in ocean wave energy into fruition, a project that is clearly asinine, I ask myself: Is this fraudulent? Are these people simply …
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Ocean Wave Energy Fail
Here’s one more attempt at ocean wave energy. Note that this one is not just bad, it’s pitiful. As waves pass a floating barge, water enters an L-shaped chamber (shown left) as the wave rises and exits when it falls. …
Eco Wave Power To Install Ten “Floaters” for Ocean Wave Energy Project in Israel
Pictured here is a set of devices that are designed to extract the kinetic energy out of ocean waves. The rising and falling water lifts and drops the blue paddles which compress a fluid, whose tubes are connected to onshore …
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Ocean Wave Energy Concept
A reader asked me to comment on this (larger version below). There is no doubt that it will generate some power in choppy seas. It’s one of dozens, perhaps hundreds, of different ways inventors have developed to extract some of …
Concept in Ocean Wave Energy
Here’s a video on a device on the Brazilian coast that extracts the kinetic energy from ocean waves and converts it to electricity.
Concept in Ocean Wave Energy
Here’s a concept in ocean wave energy that is explained in a short video. Here’s the problem these guys are going to run into: they share a widely held misunderstanding that water in waves moves in the direction of the …
