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wave power

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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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Energy Information Administration estimates that wave power has the potential to provide more than 60% of the country’s energy needs.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

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

The slim, sandy islands act as speed bumps, absorbing wind and wave power that would otherwise travel unimpeded through fragile wetlands and into towns and cities, including metro New Orleans.

From Washington Times • Jul. 21, 2018

Solar power is about as practical as wave power.

From The Forbidden Trail by Morrow, Honoré

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