It isn't a new idea to generate power from waves.
The movement of waves can be turned into a renewable form of energy. It has to be right to harvest a lot of energy.
Wave Swell Energy claims to have the ultimate solution with its UniWave 200 prototype, a transportable sea platform capable of generating 200 kilowatts of power using an artificial "blowhole".
"This is the first project that has successfully generated electricity for a customer, and that goes to show that ocean energy can work," said Thornton.
A blowhole is created in the water column by the generator.
Ocean waves move into a concrete chamber and are pushed up by the filling of the chamber. The movement causes air to enter a turbine.
The company claims that the design is unique due to the fact that the turbine is unidirectional, that it is simpler to design, and that it is able to generate more power.
The UniWave 200 was installed at King Island, a small island off the coast of southern Australia, where it provided constant power for a year.
The WSE CEO told New Atlas that the results exceeded expectations. When the unit is generating 40 kilowatts of power in reasonable wave conditions, you can use the amount of energy to be in the order of one megawatt hour in a 24 hour period.
According to ABC News, 200 homes could theoretically be powered by it.
The power output is small but the design could be bigger.
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