Creating Energy From the Ocean Floor: The bioWAVE

The bioWAVE, a product of, is a utility-scale technology that produces power from the waves made by the ocean. By combining high conversion efficiency with the ability to avoid wave forces, the bioWAVE creates a supply of energy, which can then be converted into electricity.

Mounted of the floor of the ocean, the bioWAVE uses its “blades” to interact with the sea surface, which can be seen as potential energy, and the water’s back and forth movement, kinetic energy. The swaying motion, created by the water, the energy is contained and converted to electricity but a power conversion module. The result of using the bioWAVE is “efficient clean energy from the ocean.”

With low-cost installation, minimal environmental impact, and unique survivability, the bioWAVE has maximum efficiency to create energy in the ocean. By utilizing a resource, ocean water, which covers 71% of the Earth’s surface it is easy to see that the bioWAVE is a technology that could be used all over the world.

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(an image of the the bioWAVE and its parts)