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Ocean Wave Energy Conversion Michael E. McCormick
Publisher: Dover Publications

After months of planning, a wave energy conversion device was recently deployed off Jennette's Pier. Converting wave energy into electricity might seem far-fetched, but ocean power is gradually joining the ranks of wind and solar as a source of renewable energy. 2.Wave energy conversion Engineering Committee on Oceanic Resources. The SurgeWEC designed by Resolute Marine Energy is lowered off Jennette's Pier into the Atlantic Ocean where it will collect data on the potential for harnassing energy from ocean waves. Designed by Resolute Marine Energy, the machine will collect data on the amount of energy available from waves in near-shore environments. NASA is looking into a promising high-pressure fluid that emerged as a result of studies on how the agency's underwater robots could power themselves far below the surface. Wave power is distinct from the diurnal flux of tidal power and the steady gyre of ocean currents. Machinery able to exploit wave power is generally known as a wave energy converter (WEC). Tidal power requires large tidal differences which, in the U.S., occur only in Maine and Alaska. Perspectives] João Cruz; SpringerLink (Online service) , c2008. Wave energy conversion (WEC) is a burgeoning form of hydrokinetic power which takes advantage of energy carried by ocean waves to generate electricity. Ocean thermal energy conversion is limited to tropical regions, such as Hawaii, and to a portion of the Atlantic coast. We can use the ocean's waves (Ocean Wave Power), we can use the ocean's high and low tides (Ocean Tidal Power), or we can use temperature differences in the water (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion – OTEC). In spite of the enormous possibilities, the actual technological know-how needed to convert tides and also ocean waves into electrical energy is usually experimental and are still in development. Wave Energy Converters: These systems extract the power of ocean waves and convert it into electricity. Ocean.Wave.Energy.Conversion.pdf. Ocean wave energy current status and future prepectives [i.e. How does ocean wave energy conversion work?