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wave power

British  

noun

  1. power extracted from the motion of sea waves at the coast

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Tidal power is getting closer to commercial viability, given the right price guarantees: wave power is further from market.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2024

Two other companies, SeaWell and Oneka, are testing similar ideas using surface buoys and wave power, but OceanWell was the only one he knew of that wants to place pods on the ocean floor.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2023

Many companies had tried, but their projects to extract wave power — some costing millions of dollars — had mostly fizzled.

From Scientific American • Sep. 8, 2021

Another Scottish company—Mocean Energy—also began sea trials in Orkney last month of its new utility-scale wave power device called Blue Horizon.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2021

Solar power is about as practical as wave power.

From The Forbidden Trail by Morrow, Honoré

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