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wave power

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noun

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

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Wind and wave power is set to be included in calculations of the size of countries' economies for the first time, as part of changes approved at the United Nations.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025

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

So the idea that you might extract wave power with lightweight, inexpensive materials was radical.

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