aquamarine oyster Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:04:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 "Oyster" Device Harnessing Near Shore Wave Power https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oyster-device-harnessing-near-shore-wave-power-20090314/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oyster-device-harnessing-near-shore-wave-power-20090314/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:04:23 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3005 The Oyster is basically a steel oscillating wave surge converter. It is fitted with double-direction water pistons, deployed near-shore at depths of 10 to 12m. As waves activate it, the pump delivers high pressure water through a sub-sea pipeline straight to the shore, as seen in the picture above.

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