Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 08/2024
The first of CorPower’s buoy is installed off the coast of Portugal
The first of CorPower’s buoy is installed off the coast of Portugal Source: CorPower There are some 1,500 wave energy patents in existence from as far back as the early 1800s, demonstrating that the notion of harnessing wave power is nothing new. Harvesting momentum from waves ought to be easier than other energy sources; waves are available 90% of the time, three times more than wind and solar; and sea water is, after all, hundreds of times denser than air. But the fact that the world is not yet awash with such devices shows that, in general, it has been surprisingly tough to convert the reciprocating motion of waves into the rotary motion necessary for power generation than wind or solar energy....