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Renewable resources for future generations
   
Our Technology

The Basics

In the simplest terms, a float travels up and down with the waves and operates a pump to pressurise sea water which is piped ashore. Many individual pumps are connected together to produce substantial amounts of pressurised water.

Once ashore the pressurised sea water is used to drive a standard hydroelectric turbine to produce electricity.

This pressurised sea water can also be used for directly producing fresh water by the reverse osmosis desalination process. Both fresh water and electricity can be produced simultaneously



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Advantages

  1. Uncomplicated design with only one moving part.

  2. Inexpensive to manufacture from readily available components and easy to service.

  3. Proven service life of many years.

  4. No springs, weights, pulleys, gearboxes or other rotating machinery, all of which have a limited life in a marine environment.

  5. No electrical equipment of any kind are used at sea, except for standard solar powered lanterns used for maritime marking purposes.

  6. System control is operated onshore with no electrical connection to the units.

 



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