Title :
Power/energy: Exploiting wave power: To realize the promise, engineers must deal with unique power-transfer modes, erratic seas, and unfavorable economics
Author_Institution :
CEGB, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Considers the exploitation of wave power as an energy source describing the power conversion devices of the wave-power systems under current study. The author points out the economic competitiveness of wave power to the established forms and concludes in saying that for wave power to become viable, its cost has to decrease significantly, which can only occur through better technology.
Keywords :
direct energy conversion; economics; power conversion; wave power generation; power conversion devices; wave power; wave power generation; Atmospheric modeling; Damping; Electricity; Fluids; Laboratories; Reservoirs; Turbines;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.1979.6368223