11mo ago

Eco Wave Power launches first megawatt-scale wave energy project in Portugal

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I wonder how much the total energy is in the tidal waves worldwide.
- FWIW,
  wp:Tidal power
  wp:List of tidal power stations
The main question with these things is how long they last. The sea is unforgiving.
- The sea is unforgiving
  That's not true, I peed in the sea once but we're friends again now
  
  Try the same in a storm
- I'm not sure what challenges wave power faces that tidal doesn't, but the Rance tidal power station in France has been operating since 1966.
How many Mega Watts is the wave power itself? The whole project is only 20MW. A wind turbine is between 2 and 16MW depending on the size, so sounds like this would be equivalent to a few wind turbines?
- Presumably while winds are intermittent, tides are constant.
Have they considered implementing this technology in Mexican football stadiums?

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