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Haven’t there been experiments with using wave motion to generate electricity? If practical, maybe wave motion at the top could be used to generate electricity
by irrational 3y ago
Haven’t there been experiments with using wave motion to generate electricity? If practical, maybe wave motion at the top could be used to generate electricity for pumps at the bottom.
- barney54 3y agoYes and they are expensive and unsightly. People don’t like to look offshore and see the ocean industrialized. I like the idea of wave energy but the economics are really difficult in large part because the ocean is a difficult environment.
- irrational 3y agoHow often is the ocean 231 meters deep close enough to shore for people to see wave generators over the pump stations?
- Maxion 3y agoAFAIK there aren't any comercially deployed wave generators, probably because they would have too many moving parts.