The following page lists most power stations that run on wave power , however there are not many operational at present as wave energy is still a nascent technology. A longer list of proposed and prototype wave power devices is given on List of wave power projects.
Wave farms are classified into 8 types based on the technology used, such as Surface-following attenuator, Point absorber, Oscillating wave surge converter, Oscillating water column, Overtopping/Terminator, Submerged pressure differential, Bulge wave device, and Rotating mass.
Station | Country | Location | Capacity (MW) | Type | Operation | Notes |
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Ada Foah Wave Farm [1] | ![]() | 0.4 | Point absorber | 2016 | ||
Agucadoura Wave Farm (Pelamis). [2] [3] [4] [5] | ![]() | 41°25′57″N08°50′33″W / 41.43250°N 8.84250°W | 2.25 | Surface-following attenuator | July 2008-November 2008 | |
Azura [6] | ![]() | 0.02 | Point absorber | 2015 | ||
BOLT Lifesaver [7] | ![]() | 0.03 | Point absorber | 2016 | ||
CETO [8] [9] [10] [11] | ![]() | Western Australia | 2015 | Two submerged buoys anchored to the seabed generate energy through hydraulic pressure. | ||
Gibraltar Wave Farm | ![]() | Gibraltar | .1 | Surface attenuator | 2016 | |
Islay Limpet [12] [13] | ![]() | 55°41′24″N06°31′15″W / 55.69000°N 6.52083°W | 0.5 | Oscillating water column | 2000–2012 | |
Mutriku Breakwater Wave Plant [14] [15] [16] | ![]() | 43°18′26″N2°23′6″W / 43.30722°N 2.38500°W | 0.3 (296 kW from 16 turbines and 16 OWCs. [17] ) | Oscillating water column | 2011–date | Lifetime generation of over 3 GWh by the end of 2023. [18] |
Ocean RusEnergy [19] | ![]() | Yekaterinburg | N | Small-scale | 2013 | |
Pico Wave Power Plant [20] | ![]() | 0.4 | Oscillating water column | 2010 | ||
Runde Demo Site [21] | ![]() | 0.1 | Oscillating water column | 2017 | ||
SDE Sea Waves Power Plant [22] | ![]() | 32°05′59″N34°46′24″E / 32.09972°N 34.77333°E | 0.04 | Oscillating wave surge converter | 2009 | |
SINN Power wave energy converter [23] | ![]() | 35°21′08″N25°09′22″E / 35.352161°N 25.156061°E | 0.02 | Point absorber | 2015 | |
Sotenäs Wave Power Station [24] | ![]() | 58°22′45″N11°08′57″E / 58.37917°N 11.14917°E | 3 | Point absorber | 2015 |
Wave power is the capture of energy of wind waves to do useful work – for example, electricity generation, water desalination, or pumping water. A machine that exploits wave power is a wave energy converter (WEC).
The Pelamis Wave Energy Converter was a technology that used the motion of ocean surface waves to create electricity. The machine was made up of connected sections which flex and bend as waves pass; it is this motion which is used to generate electricity.
Islay LIMPET was the world's first commercial wave power device and was connected to the United Kingdom's National Grid.
Pelamis Wave Power designed and manufactured the Pelamis Wave Energy Converter – a technology that uses the motion of ocean surface waves to create electricity. The company was established in 1998 and had offices and fabrication facilities in Leith Docks, Edinburgh, Scotland. It went into administration in November 2014.
Solar power in Arizona has the potential to, according to then-Governor Janet Napolitano, make Arizona "the Persian Gulf of solar energy". In 2012, Arizona had 1,106 MW of photovoltaic (PV) solar power systems, and 6 MW of concentrated solar power (CSP), bringing the total to over 1,112 megawatts (MW) of solar power. As an example, the Solana Generating Station, a 280 MW parabolic trough solar plant, when commissioned in 2013, was the largest parabolic trough plant in the world and the first U.S. solar plant with molten salt thermal energy storage.
The Mutriku Breakwater Wave Plant is a wave power plant constructed by Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE), the Basque energy agency, in the bay of Mutriku in the Bay of Biscay. It is the world's first breakwater wave power plant with a multiple turbine arrangement. The plant has a capacity of 296 kW from 16 turbo generator sets. It was inaugurated on July 8, 2011.
Sotenäs is a wave farm located in Kungshamn, in the municipality of Sotenäs, Sweden. The facility consists of 36 wave energy converters (WECs), with a total installed capacity of nearly 3 MW. Each WEC generates power using point absorber buoys connected to linear generators on the seabed. The generators are located at a depth of 50 m (160 ft). According to Seabased, the technology used in the project could deliver electricity for under 10 cents per kWh. Initial announcements stated that the power plant would eventually expand to around 10 MW capacity, but in 2017 Seabased announced it would no longer expand the plant beyond the 36 WECs already in place.
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