Oyster Wave Power Machine Generates Electricity Onshore; Sea Trials Begin This Autumn
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 1, 2009
The oscillator is fitted with pistons and, when activated by wave action, pumps high-pressure water through a sub-sea pipeline to the shore. Onshore, conventional hydroelectric generators convert this high-pressure water into electrical energy. There is no underwater generator, power electronics or gearbox underwater to go wrong.
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