can we use bio-fouling organisms to help extract energy from waves?
- Written by Craig Stevens, Associate Professor in Ocean Physics, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Shutterstock/LongjourneysPeople living near the coast are familiar with the power of ocean waves.
What we see when a typical wave breaks on a beach is the endpoint of a global energy conversion story. It starts with the sun’s heat driving winds whose energy generates ocean waves which grow and often travel thousands of kilometres.
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