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Primer: Power from Ocean Waves and Tides
The United States has significant ocean wave and tidal energy
resources.
The technology to convert those resources to
electricity, though in its infancy, is here today.
This is a
renewable resource that can...
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Page 1
Primer: Power from Ocean Waves and Tides
The United States has significant ocean wave and tidal energy
resources.
The technology to convert those resources to
electricity, though in its infancy, is here today.
This is a
renewable resource that can be converted—cleanly and
emission free—to electricity.
Given proper care in design,
siting, deployment, operation, and maintenance, ocean wave
and tidal power could be among the most environmentally
benign electricity-generation technologies yet developed.
The natural power of the ocean has inspired awe since the
dawn of mankind.
Mariners and others who deal with the
forces of the sea have learned to understand the potentially
destructive powers of ocean waves, as well as the regularity
and predictability of the tides.
Ocean waves and tides contain
large amounts of kinetic energy that is derived from the winds
and gravitational pull of the sun-earth-moon system.
Even
though early civilizations developed devices to convert waves
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