User:Nagashima0245/Wave power

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Wave power as a descriptive term is different than tidal power, which seeks to primarily capture the energy of the current caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon. However, wave power and tidal power are not fundamentally distinct and have significant cross-over in technology and implementation. Other forces can create currents, including breaking waves, wind, the Coriolis effect, cabbeling, and temperature and salinity differences.

As of 2023, wave power is not widely employed for commercial applications, after a long series of trial projects. Attempts to use this energy began in 1890 or earlier, mainly due to its high power density. Just below the ocean's water surface the wave energy flow, in time-average, is typically five times denser than the wind energy flow 20 m above the sea surface, and 10 to 30 times denser than the solar energy flow.

'''Eco Wave Power(EWP), a Swedish business based in Israel, claims to have developed and patented a wave power electricity conversion technology. In their September 2023 corporate update, the company cited several advances towards commercial applications for the technology. The station allows for the testing of new systems components and floater designs and materials, with an eye towards continuously improving the EWP wave energy technology and maintaining EWP's leading market position.'''

Wave Farms
A wave farm (wave power farm or wave energy park) is a group of colocated wave energy devices. The devices interact hydrodynamically and electrically, according to the number of machines, spacing and layout, wave climate, coastal and benthic geometry, and control strategies. The design process is a multi-optimization problem seeking high power production, low costs and limited power fluctuations. '''Nearshore wave farms have substaintial impact on beach dynamics. For instance, wave farms significantly reduce erosion which demonstrates that this synergy between coastal protection and energy production enhances the economic viability of wave energy.Additional research finds that wave farms located near lagoons can potentially provide effective coastal protection during maritime spatial planning.'''