Ocean Energy - Wave Power Station

[TheSteveMedia]

Which is more efficient at harvesting the energy, a wind turbine or a water turbine? a water turbine wouldn't need a giant concrete bunker built on the coast.

[leusdapogi01]

how can i download this?

[amanzisa]

Erosion corrosion, piston face cavitation. 

[MrJustice01]

Why use airflow? Why not an inverted piston been moved by the water pressure up and down?

[lasmanos]

Good combination: Generates power and produces an intolerable Sound!

[whotookmynickkokokai]

what happen when the tide is high or low. you will not get the ideal working condition

[MicMuphen]

thanks man love it

[Unohoo06]

who really cares bout this :(6

[TheJoaquimAlmeida]

I believe that the first unit to product energy with this technology it was in 1998 in Portugal, Pico Island.

[DrAlwaysalive]

What is the average production of this device?

[elamathyprincess]

wow what a creation really all this must be implemented in india too with good products

[thomasnordwest]

wow!!! :))

[killa4eva50]

fuck this shit if its so revolutionary why isn't it massed?? Nuclear is the way to go, all un-educated can eat it.

[Ypipable]

In the movie Logans Run they set a facsimile of this science while they were escaping from the city.

[mtt37849]

brilliant but can we get enough in use before its to late? Or is it already to late?

[extreem573]

@mtt37849 these are just one of the many solutions that we have.

we could also consider more to wind and solar.

or invest in geo-thermal and tidal.

the problem is there's not enough money coming out of this system to be interested at all.

at this moment it is not to late to chance but the end is nearing and almost nobody is interested at all because of profit interest.

this mean it could be to late.

[OnionTerror2007]

Very good except that turbine is pronounced as rhyming with 'tur-fine': tur-bine.

[Trip03ci]

It is about time some one realized the potential of coastal power. The issue will be financial backing, or governmental opposition. As a point, the U.S. Government is notorious at saying yes; but are so committed to fossil fuel, which they should be committed for. Wars have been started and funded over OIL. Ideas of renewable energy are not 'NEW.' They have been around for more than 60 years. But the White House smiles, with cries, "We are going to do something." The question is WHEN?

[shantuku]

@Trip03ci there is no monetary incentive for renewable energy, so there is no drive to have it implemented. just plain sad.

[Irenkocl]

Someone can help me? i need to translate this video of english to spanish. write this audio in english please. thanks

[shunzali]

How the OWC present situation, efficiency?

And how many power can be generate per year?

[beancube2010]

On top of waves, concentrated sunlight can boil water into steam to drive steam engines along coastal lines. How about combining wind power while building these good generators as well?

[peoplestandup]

Thank you awesome video:-)

[Davidsbeenhere]

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Thank you :-)

[ptevans01]

How many mega watts does this singe wave power station produce in a year? How does it compare to dam hydro power?

[laura72339]

This is good

[shamnasaappa]

The Wells turbine is a low-pressure air turbine that rotates continuously in one direction in spite of the direction of the air flow. Its blades feature a symmetrical airfoil with its plane of symmetry in the plane of rotation and perpendicular to the air stream.

[PlasticC4]

Does any one know how to build this type of blade on the turbine??? There is no information on the web.  However, the BBC tv show Catalysts did a show on the wave energy and the guy had a simple invention, similar to this but I can't remember how he built the blades. Please help.

[DeOmeN414]

man, this is so f*ing smart

[suedonym0]

YES. this is the way. (and it's not just a concept but some are already working in place)

[lexuanhaitube]

@suedonym0 What place you mind? I need build this in Vung Tau City in Vietnam. Can you help to give more information?

[du4lstrik3]

makes you think, if north america and europe get rid of all coal plants, nuclear plants, and other non-renewable energy stations and slap these all along the coast with windmills and solar panel farms, there would be more than enough energy to go around for everyone.

brilliant and ingenious.

[paronsoda]

How is it possible that the turbine can turn in the same direction when the airflow changes from forward to reverse?

[Jesus45U]

@paronsoda

You turn the blades, like on a multi direction propeller.

[theAneja]

@paronsoda

it is the special design of the "Wells-Turbine" blades. The blades are not turning as explained by Jesus45U.

[SkeyeDreamer]

@paronsoda the blades of the turbine goes to negative pitch when the airflow goes back to the sea so the turn is always the same

[123Shames]

hi @paronsoda. Imagine that the turbine is splitted to two parts and each part is covered by a plate. On one side the plate closes, if the air is blowing in and on the other side the plate closes if the air is been sucked, forcing the air to always blow on one side of the turbine. The turbine is a bit angled, so it always turns, if the air blows on one side and gets sucked on the other side. I guess that would be the trick!

[TazmanianFrenzy]

@paronsoda ratcheting spokes, with beveled gears I'd imagine.

[mrmaciejm]

Simple and practical design.

[hydrogravitypower]

you kid s should look at my wave power machine it is scalable to any size

[puncheex]

Ummmm.... "If fully exploited could solve 40% of the Earth's energy requirements". I suppose that would mean putting these things along every foot of the earth's coast lines. Is this 40% a measure of all the wave energy available, or only that along the coasts? And, of course, it is free - after the installations are done. And if they don't require maintenance.

Waves are cool, but are they more cost effective than a windmill, or a solar trough? Or a nuke? Even along a coastline?

[lowde2000]

Great stuff. The rich types that own so much of the coast would whine. Maybe they could camoflage it if needed. Make it look like part of the breakwater, or something like that. We need inovations like this. Thanks.

[dawy222]

this is genius

but what is the minimum wave height to make the system efficient