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He invented Salter's duck in 1974 and attempted to make it the main device of choice for the Wave Energy programme in the United Kingdom. A prototype attempt to use the device was constructed in 1976 off Dores Beach .
U.S. patent 3,928,967 — 1974 Apparatus and method of extracting wave energy – The original "Salter's Duck" patent; U.S. patent 4,134,023 — 1977 Apparatus for use in the extraction of energy from waves on water – Salter's method for improving "duck" efficiency; U.S. patent 6,194,815 — 1999 Piezoelectric rotary electrical energy generator
Pelamis Wave Power tested their first full-scale prototype at the Billia Croo wave test site at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland between 2004 and 2007. The machine, which was rated at 750 kW, was the world's first offshore wave power machine to generate electricity into the grid system.
The Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter is a wave energy concept being developed by Atargis Energy Corporation in Colorado. The patents were filed in 2005, and the company was founded in 2010, after initial research showed potential. [67] It is a fully submerged wave termination device, located offshore, with a direct drive generator.
Oyster harnessed the energy of near-shore ocean waves; it was designed to operate in water 10 to 12 metres deep. The Oyster is made up of a Power Connector Frame (PCF) and a Power Capture Unit (PCU). The 36-ton PCF is bolted to the seabed by 1-by-4 meter concrete piles that are drilled 14 metres deep into the seabed.
The power of the ocean could soon be used to power homes in the U.S. as scientists prepare to test an untapped form of renewable energy. The U.S. Department of Energy has invested $112.5 million ...
He invented the Pelamis Wave Energy Converter for generating electricity from marine waves, and established Ocean Power Delivery Ltd in 1998 to develop the product. [5] The company is now called Pelamis Wave Power Ltd. Yemm was CEO until August 2007, raising substantial investment and gaining commercial orders from 2005 onwards. [6]
Pico Wave Power Plant [20] Portugal: 0.4: Oscillating water column: 2010 Runde Demo Site [21] Norway: 0.1: Oscillating water column: 2017 SDE Sea Waves Power Plant [22] Israel: 0.04: Oscillating wave surge converter: 2009 SINN Power wave energy converter [23]