The Amazing Potential Of Wave Energy, In Numbers
A Yellow Oyster 800 Wave Machine in Orkney, Scotland Aquamarine Power Some major wave energy installations are planned for the U.K. and the U.S. Plans for the world's biggest wave farm got the go-ahead from the Scottish government, the BBC reported last week. Exactly how big is the farm? It will create more than twice as much energy as nearby homes will be able to use. Wave farms are made up of enormous buoys that turn the up-and-down movements of the ocean into electricity that homes and business are able to use. There are many designs being tested all over the world. All promise clean, endless energy, but as a newer technology, they're still working out issues such as financial viability, durability and how to transport the energy from buoy to land. We'll let the numbers tell the story of the Scotland project, which uses devices from the homegrown company Aquamarine Power,...