Wave power: how it works | SmartPlanet - 0 views
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What is wave power? Wave power is renewable energy derived from ocean waves. It is the kinetic energy of wind interacting with water and creating waves
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The best wave energy environments are along western coastlines because the largest, most consistent winds come from the west,
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How does wave power work? Most of the energy comes from the rising and falling water level and requires exposure to the waves
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all ocean energy resources, including wave power, would combine to create energy 800 times more powerful than wind
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What are the benefits of wave power? Because wave devices tend to be on the surface and don’t have propellers, as tidal power technologies do, some believe they will create less environmental damage than other renewable energy technologies,
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There are advantages compared to wind in that the devices are smaller and don’t have the visual profile that wind turbines have.”