Make a Wave Powered Generator
In our articles on wave power we have only covered large scale generators built on an industrial scale. In this article we will present a simple miniature wave power generator which is easy to build and demonstrates many of the concepts used in commercial wave …

Archimedes Wave Swing Machines
Pictured below is an illustration of a proposed wave power station composed of Archimedes Wave Swing machines, each capable of powering 2,000 homes. The first Archimedes Wave Swing machine will be installed off Orkney in 2007 by AWS Ocean Energy with eventual plans to create …

Anaconda Bulge Wave Power Generator
The Anaconda is a new wave power generator which could soon be harnessing the vast amounts of clean power around Britain's coasts. Checkmate Seaenergy Ltd have put together a proof-of-concept prototype system to convert wave energy into electricity using bulge waves - Anaconda. Anaconda is simply …

Pelamis Wave Energy Project
Pelamis Wave Ltd (formerly know as Ocean Power Delivery Ltd) have developed a pioneering commercial wave power generator which has been successfully installed three miles off the northern coast of Portugal near the town of Povoa de Varzim. This is the first commercial scale wave-power …

CETO Wave Energy and Desalination
CETO is a patented wave power technology designed to convert wave energy into electricity which can be used to power an onshore desalination plant to obtain zero-emission freshwater. Instead of generating electricity offshore which then has to be transmitted at high voltage to the shore, the …

Oyster Wave Power
Since November 2009, a demonstration-scale Oyster wave energy converter from Aquamarine Power has been exporting electricity to the National Grid from its site at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in the sea off Orkney. Aquamarine Power have partnered with major utility company Scottish and Southern …

Manchester Bobber Wave Power
Having noted that a cork bobs around in water, research scientists set about designing a machine which could convert wave power into electricity. Manchester University hydrodynamics professor and inventor Peter Stansby (pictured below) came up with the Manchester Bobber - a rig with semi-submerged floats …

Islay Wave Power Station
The Islay Wave Power Station will provide 0.5MW of electricity for the island of Islay's grid - enough to power around 500 homes. Known as LIMPET 500 (Land Installed Marine Powered Energy Transformer), it was designed and build by Wavegen and Queen's University, Belfast, with …