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Teams of scientists around the world are once more trying to perfect devices that generate electricity from the force of the ocean’s rolling waves<\/a>.<\/p> It’s an idea that’s ebbed and flowed <\/strong>within the energy community, but now teams are trying to make the new source of clean energy a commercial reality, according to Greentech Media<\/em><\/a>. Many are still undergoing tests, but one company, Ocean Wave Technology, has been successfully operating a massive wave-powered generator since early 2019 — a heartening success story for the fledgling industry.<\/p> Several companies and teams of scientists have tried to make wave energy a reality in the past, but as Greentech <\/em> notes, many of their projects fell apart or ran out of money. But with renewed interest — and funding — in the industry, more companies are starting to test out their devices.<\/p> “We’re in that valley of death, climbing out of there at the moment,” naval architect Christopher Ridgewell, CEO of AW-Energy, a Finnish company working on a wave energy device called the WaveRoller, told Greentech<\/em>.<\/p> AW-Energy hopes to plop its WaveRoller into the ocean next year, according to Greentech Media<\/em>. Joining it are other companies like Sweden’s CorPower Ocean, which hopes to have wave energy generators operating by 2024.<\/p> It’s an encouraging sign for the future of clean energy. But the industry will still face challenges, even against other renewables like solar and wind, which continue to drop in price<\/a>.<\/p> “It remains incredibly challenging to harness wave energy or convert it into electricity in large volumes,” CorPower CEO Patrik Möller told Greentech<\/em> Media<\/em>.<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>Is Wave Energy Ready to Climb Out of the ‘Valley of Death’?<\/a> [Greentech Media<\/em>]<\/p> More on wave energy:<\/strong> This Device Could Power One-Third Of The U.S. Using Ocean Waves<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post Huge Machine Captures Energy From Ocean Waves<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Read more from the original source: Riding Waves Teams of scientists around the world are once more trying to perfect devices that generate electricity from the force of the ocean\u2019s rolling waves . It\u2019s an idea that\u2019s ebbed and flowed \u00a0 within the energy community, but now teams are trying to make the new source of clean energy a commercial reality, according to Greentech Media Continue reading Turbulent Past<\/h2>
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