PowerBuoy tidal power generation system generates energy from waves

Tidal power generation is finally making its way onto U.S. starting with Ocean Power Technologies’ tidal power generation systems. Known as the PowerBuoy, this one is designed exactly like its namesake, a buoy, and uses a pretty different technique to generate energy from waves. Unlike the usual tidal energy generators that drive power from a back-and-forth motion, this one uses the up-and-down motion of waves to generate energy. The ocean has an uncountable number of buoys, and each of them replaced by the energy-generating PowerBuoy could sure help produce a whole lot of green energy!

Very soon, Ocean Power Technologies will have a utility-scale tidal farm in Oregon with the PowerBuoys bobbing up and down, generating green power.
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