Authors :
Rickshit Buragohain
Volume/Issue :
Volume 4 - 2019, Issue 8 - August
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Abstract :
The exploration of alternative energy sources
has become a primary concern of mankind even though
fossil fuels are still the leader in the energy sector.
Ocean wave energy as one of the promising alternatives,
extensive research and development activities are
happening around the world to explore new methods
and to improve the existing methods.
Among the existing plethora of technologies for
harnessing renewable energy, the ones developed for
wave energy have the lots of potential to be a major
contributor to the amount of renewable energy
produced. Almost all of these systems which use ocean
waves to generate energy are void of pollution, that is to
say that these systems do not produce any substances as
side products that would harm the marine environment
or the atmosphere in any way. With the rapidly
decreasing amount of available fossil fuels and an even
more expeditiously increasing population, and therefore
and exceeding demand and consumption rate, it’s not
long before the earth is going to be devoid of these
precious resources. The need for more efficient
technologies to harvest these available resources of
renewable energies is more than ever. Although, there
are numerous wind and solar farms built across the
earth they are not enough adequate enough to suffice
the need of 7.7 billion people around the globe. Water
bodies cover around 70% of earth’s surface and these
have immense potential for producing humungous
amount of renewable energy. A shabby assessment
shows that there is about 8,000-80,000 TWh/yr of wave
energy present in the oceans. This enormous myriad of
energy is enough to alleviate the problem of energy
from the world.
Keywords :
Ocean Waves, Renewable Energy, Wave Energy Convertors.
The exploration of alternative energy sources
has become a primary concern of mankind even though
fossil fuels are still the leader in the energy sector.
Ocean wave energy as one of the promising alternatives,
extensive research and development activities are
happening around the world to explore new methods
and to improve the existing methods.
Among the existing plethora of technologies for
harnessing renewable energy, the ones developed for
wave energy have the lots of potential to be a major
contributor to the amount of renewable energy
produced. Almost all of these systems which use ocean
waves to generate energy are void of pollution, that is to
say that these systems do not produce any substances as
side products that would harm the marine environment
or the atmosphere in any way. With the rapidly
decreasing amount of available fossil fuels and an even
more expeditiously increasing population, and therefore
and exceeding demand and consumption rate, it’s not
long before the earth is going to be devoid of these
precious resources. The need for more efficient
technologies to harvest these available resources of
renewable energies is more than ever. Although, there
are numerous wind and solar farms built across the
earth they are not enough adequate enough to suffice
the need of 7.7 billion people around the globe. Water
bodies cover around 70% of earth’s surface and these
have immense potential for producing humungous
amount of renewable energy. A shabby assessment
shows that there is about 8,000-80,000 TWh/yr of wave
energy present in the oceans. This enormous myriad of
energy is enough to alleviate the problem of energy
from the world.
Keywords :
Ocean Waves, Renewable Energy, Wave Energy Convertors.
