wave power
Britishnoun
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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
A second approach could help stimulate downward motion of the plankton by using wave power or by injecting cooler water.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 9, 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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