wave energy – TechConnect Briefs

Wave Powered Electric Generator System

Nguyen C., Development, US

Twin Ocean Power is a research and development company whose focus is renewable, non polluting and eco friendly electrical power generator. The genesis of the company is the development of a newly patented reusable wave [...]

Offshore Wave and Wind Together – Afloat

Brown N.A., Float Incorporated, US

Offshore wind and wave power are, or can be, remarkably complimentary. Given a stable floating platform to share, important economies of renewable power production and storage are possible. (A figure shows how wind and wave [...]

Mobile Wave Energy Harvesting System

Sharon A., Briggs J., Wirz H., Boston University - Fraunhofer CMI, US

Conventional approaches to harvesting energy from ocean waves and currents suffer from at least three major drawbacks: 1) expensive underwater power transmission cables, 2) storm damage susceptibility, and 3) energy output is not delivered at [...]

Offshore Wave and Wind Together – Afloat

Brown N.A., Float Incorporated, US

Offshore wind and wave power are, or can be, remarkably complimentary. Given a stable floating platform to share, important economies of renewable power production and storage are possible. (A figure shows how wind and wave [...]

Mobile Wave Energy Harvesting System

Sharon A., Briggs J., Wirz H., Boston University - Fraunhofer CMI, US

Conventional approaches to harvesting energy from ocean waves and currents suffer from at least three major drawbacks: 1) expensive underwater power transmission cables, 2) storm damage susceptibility, and 3) energy output is not delivered at [...]

Fiber Resin Composite Bearings in Wave Energy Converter

Kim M.R., Ankeny A.E., GGB Bearing Technology, US

The Pelamis Wave Energy Converter is an electric power generation system that uses a revolutionary power conversion unit to convert ocean wave energy to electricity. It harnesses the undulating motion of ocean waves by translating [...]