Giant buoy harvests wave power, and survives storms

CorPower Ocean of Sweden has unveiled its first commercial-scale wave energy harvester and a concept for supporting wind turbines. The harvester, dubbed C4 and rated at 300kW, will ultimately form part of HiWave-5 Project, a wave array off the coast of Aguçadoura, Portugal. The buoys are 19m tall and 9m in diameter. Inside the thin buoyant structure ...

This story continues at Giant buoy harvests wave power, and survives storms

Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly