offshore wave ppwer Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:36:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Wing Waves: Harvesting Wave Power By Swinging Beneath The Surface https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wing-waves-florida-20101203/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wing-waves-florida-20101203/#respond Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:36:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=12162 A wave power test plant has been deployed on Nov. 17 two miles offshore of Fort Pierce, Fla., and is now being tested by its designers, researchers from Florida Institute of Technology's College of Engineering. The power plant has been named "Wing Waves," and works by harvesting the elliptical motion of waves 30 to 60 feet deep, and converting it into electricity.

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