Oceanlinx celebrates wave-power unit launch in Australia
(Phys.org) —Oceans carry enough potential energy to make a difference. The devil is in the details. Finding a way to harness all that power had prevented wave power from being seen as a practical solution but now technologists are advancing with promising potential. Oceanlinx, a wave energy developer in Australia, has set out to harness the ocean waves in the belief that their enormous quantities of energy can be transformed into a real solution. The concept involves the use of waves to produce high pressure air, which in turn is converted into electricity by a turbine. Australia is said to have among the best wave energy resources in the world. Last month, Oceanlinx reached a milestone with the launch of the first 1MW wave-energy-to-electricity unit in Port MacDonnell, South Australia. The unit's rated capacity of 1MW can supply approximately 1,000 homes with their required electricity consumption. This...