Hawaii, which is also testing wave energy, imports the majority of its fuel as well.
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And the deeper the water gets, the greater the wave energy that can build up.
The ship would also harness wave energy, which is normally the force slowing down ships.
Set just off shore, it was designed to absorb wave energy and spare Male further damage.
Only one of the five wave energy companies originally involved still plans to use the wave hub.
The two companies will examine ways of enabling large-scale commercial production of Aquamarine's new wave energy device, known as Oyster.
The company successfully completed a grid connection of a wave energy device in the US a year ago.
The wave hub, 10 miles off Hayle, is designed to allow companies to test their wave energy devices.
The data collected will be shared widely and, with any luck, inform the creation of noise standards in the wave energy industry.
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It says wave energy in the Western Isles has the potential to generate as much power as dozens of nuclear power stations.
The project aims to create the world's first large scale wave energy farm by constructing a wave hub, or "socket", on the seabed.
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According to IBM Distinguished Engineer Harry Kolar, noise is one of the many potential environmental impacts of both wave energy and tidal energy currently being studied.
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Intellectual Ventures has worked with wave energy expert Stephen H.
And when companies finally began deploying their first wave energy generators in Europe, punishing ocean conditions took their toll as some devices broke down or failed to perform as expected.
But making green off blue power soon proved to be so much California dreaming as plans for West Coast wave energy arrays sank under opposition from surfers, fishermen and local residents.
Tidal turbines can be installed closer to shore than wave energy equipment, and thanks to the regularity of the tides, tidal power offers a more stable renewable energy source than, say, intermittent wind or solar.
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"The Kuwaiti minister has said that for credibility's sake Opec will need to increase production by 500, 000 barrels a day and that began the sell-off, " said Chris Mennis of California-based energy trader New Wave Energy.
This new research, then, will serve multiple functions: Using specialized sensors, processors, and algorithms, the project team will measure noise in real time, tracking both the noise generated by various pieces of wave energy equipment and general background noise.
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Before the financial crash, the great green tech boom unleashed a rush of startups and speculators staking claims on federal waters to build massive wave farms, while in Europe governments, including Portugal and Scotland, placed big bets on wave energy.
The Wave Hub, an electric "socket" for testing wave energy machines off the north Cornwall coast, has been unused since it was installed on the seabed in 2010, but managers say the first device is expected to be connected this year.
The party debated a wide range of issues over the weekend, from the development of wave energy off the west coast of Scotland to a call for the War Crimes Commission for the former Yugoslavia to report on the feasibility of prosecuting KLA leaders.
Nonetheless, Kolar says that the industry has seen a surge of interest in the last year, particularly from developers who have the capital and experience to deploy full-scale wave energy projects, and from government officials in island countries who see in wave power a clear path to energy independence.
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Ambitious plans for offshore renewable energy projects are crowding the waters--floating wind farms, tidal-power turbines and wave-energy barges--all expected in the next decade.
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And ride the wave of energy you will get back from that audience.
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Meanwhile, Wilson is talking up the prospects for extra support for companies where their market is barely there yet, such as tidal and wave renewable energy.
Some surfers are worried the wave devices could take energy from the waves and reduce wave heights by up to 10%, putting the surfing industry in Cornwall at risk.
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