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Wave power

Wave power is the capture of energy of wind waves to do useful work – for example, electricity generation, desalination, or pumping water. A machine that exploits wave power is a wave energy converter (WEC).

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Wave energy converters

Environmental effects

Potential

Wave farms

Gallery of wave energy installations

Patents

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Wave power

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Edges126
Triples125
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015748
Components1

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Wave power

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related to Patents · 26
Wave power → A1, Apparatus, Dam-Atoll, Designer, Herring Cove Nova Scotia, Lockheed Martin's, March, New Brunswick, Ocean, Osborne Havelock Parsons, Parsons Ocean Power Plant, Pelamis/Salter's Duck Hybrid, Petitcodiac, Piezoelectric, Pressure, Pumped-storage, Salter's, Salter's Duck, The, UK-based
related to External links · 24
Wave power → Department, Economist, Energy, Hydrokinetic Data Repository, Imagination, Information, June, Marine, Marine Energy Basics, Marine Energy Projects Database, Marine Renewable Energy, Portal, Power From, Repository, Restless Sea Stirs, Retrieved October, September, Tethys Database, Tethys Engineering Database, The Coming Wave
related to Potential · 19
Wave power → Australia, Europe, It, Laboratory, Locations, New Zealand, North, NREL, Pacific, South America, Southern Africa, The, The Alaska, The National Renewable Energy, TW, TWh, UK, US, Wave
related to Gallery of wave energy installations · 18
Wave power → Azura, Bombora Wave Power, California, CalWave Power Technologies, Converter, EMEC, European Marine Energy Centre, Inc, Oahu, Ocean Power Technologies PB150, Pelamis Wave Energy Converter, SW England, Test Site, The, The AMOG Wave Energy, US Navy's Wave Energy, WEC, WETS
related to Challenges · 14
Wave power → Additionally, As, Challenges, Commercial WECs, Current, Environmental, Furthermore, In, OWC, Seabased Industries AB, Socio-economic, Supporting, Sweden, These
see also · 9
Wave power → AustraliaWave, Energy Efficiency, List, New ZealandWave, OEERE, Renewable Energy, ScotlandWave, United StatesWave, World
related to Wave power formula · 5
Wave power → Hm0, In, Te, The, When
related to Wave farms · 4
Wave power → Additional, For, Nearshore, The
is a · 2
Wave power → capture of energy of wind waves to do useful work, wave energy converter

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energy wave power waves water surface wind ocean pressure devices potential converters converter device marine also electricity density first tidal

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Wave poweris acapture of energy of wind waves to do useful work0.90text
Wave poweris awave energy converter0.90text
sediment transportinstance ofentanglementPotential effect on marine processes0.80text
water quality.Foundation/mooring systems can affect benthic organisms via entanglement/entrapmentElectromotive force effects produced from subsea power cables.Minor collision riskArtificial reef accumulation near fixed installationsPotential disruption to roosting sitesThe Tethys database provides access to scientific literatureinstance ofentanglementPotential effect on marine processes0.80text
general information on the potential environmental effects of ocean current energyinstance ofentanglementPotential effect on marine processes0.80text
windinstance ofheats the earth's surface unevenly leading to climate systems0.80text
Wave powerrelated to ChallengesEnvironmental0.60section
Wave powerrelated to ChallengesSocio-economic0.60section
Wave powerrelated to ChallengesSupporting0.60section
Wave powerrelated to ChallengesCommercial WECs0.60section
Wave powerrelated to ChallengesIn0.60section
Wave powerrelated to ChallengesSeabased Industries AB0.60section

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